internet stuff

An amazing year for Bitcoin but not for the reason you think

The dang thing worked

Dec 3, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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October 2020

Caving to government censorship as a competitive advantage

If your rival is banned you get all the users

Oct 26, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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"social order" laws sure are convenient for authoritarians

Cambodia is among the several countries using the pandemic to crack down on free speech and dissent.

Oct 2, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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September 2020

FinCEN has a lot of valuable records. Some of them are leaking.

In Hong Kong, a media tycoon and democracy activist, Jimmy Lai, is arrested. His company is publicly traded. So people who support his advocacy start…

Sep 16, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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August 2020

fb isn't going to take a loss on your free speech

Facebook blocked a group with over 1 million members in Thailand because it is critical of the Thai monarchy.

Aug 27, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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freezing young womens' bank accounts for dancing is bad

and other tales of internet censorship

Aug 20, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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July 2020

some links for you

Chargebacks, Anti-Terror abuse in the Philippines, Myanmar journalists driven underground, etc

Jul 10, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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June 2020

some links for you: state censorship, coinbase, hyperinflation, etc

Apple has pulled a podcast app from the app store in China. They did this because it allowed users to access content deemed illegal in the country.

Jun 11, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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May 2020

some links for you

i read it all so you dont have to - 5/22/2020

May 22, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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PayPal doesn't like OnlyFans

somewhere between the internet, censorship, and finance

May 14, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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some links for you

i read it all so you don't have to - 5/7/2020

May 7, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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some links for you

i read it all so you dont have to - 5/1/20

May 1, 2020 • 

Neeraj K. Agrawal

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