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Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars as he watches a display during the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.

How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage

July 19, 2017Books

A decade ago, Vladimir Putin appeared to be ignoring the internet. Now he seems to be wildly successful at exploiting it.

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, the creator of the website Muslim Girl.

From facing Islamophobia, to creating a hit website that fights Muslim caricatures

May 10, 2017Culture
Man makes cell phone call in front of Cuban independence mural in Havana in 2013.

Now will Cuba get better Internet service?

December 19, 2014Technology
Internet cafes bustle in Ankara, where Turkey's parliament approved a crackdown on online access.

‘What is at stake is the right of Turkish citizens to speak freely’

February 6, 2014Global Politics

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