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Cloudflare report reveals surge in internet shutdowns & outages

Wed, 23rd Jul 2025
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Cloudflare's Q2 2025 report reveals a sharp rise in global internet shutdowns from government actions, outages, cable damage and cyberattacks, hitting multiple countries.
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Flickr a focal point for predicting worldwide protest locations

Thu, 12th May 2016
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Flickr, the photo-sharing giant that hosts over 5.6 billion photos, has become a useful tool for tracking protest movements worldwide.
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Fonterra's Glencoal says Waikato coal mine not on hold, just delayed

Tue, 3rd Mar 2015
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Fonterra Cooperative Group subsidiary Glencoal has denied suggestions it has put its plans for an open cast mine in the Waikato on hold indefinitely.
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U.S. scraps piracy bills

Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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The U.S. will scrap SOPA and PIPA, says former Senator Chris Dodd, as internet providers and tech giants like Google take on anti-piracy initiatives themselves.
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Ron Jeremy fronts for PETA's new .xxx site

Wed, 6th Jun 2012
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Animal cruelty prevention charity continues its tradition of edgy campaigns with website on controversial domain.
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File-sharing protests gathering steam

Tue, 23rd Aug 2011
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Nationwide protests against the controversial 'Skynet' file sharing bill gain momentum, with over 2,500 Facebook pledges to attend rallies this Saturday.
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Operation Misery

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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The White House condemns the leak of over 90,000 US military documents by Wikileaks, but President Obama uses it to advocate for a change in Afghan war tactics.
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Union pickets Telecom AGM, customers face delays

Thu, 1st Oct 2009
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Union protesters disrupt Telecom AGM over Visionstream's new employment model; Northland customers face two-week delays for fault repairs, Auckland three days.