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Tesla Gigafactory Near Berlin Saw 500,000 Trees Felled – Report

After repeated clashes with environmentalists, it emerges construction of Tesla gigafactory near Berlin saw 500,000 trees cut down

2 months ago

Protestors Clash With Police At Tesla Gigafactory In Germany

Hundreds of climate activists clashed with police outside Tesla gigafactory near Berlin, in protest over its expansion plans

6 months ago

WhatsApp To Bypass Regime Internet Shutdowns

Iran, China blow? Internet shutdowns by authoritarian regimes will not prevent WhatsApp users from messaging, Meta confirms

2 years ago

Chinese Police Utilise Tracking Feature In Hikvision Software – Report

Surveillance of protests. Police can track protests in China by enabling ‘alarms’ on software from CCTV giant Hikvision

2 years ago

Foxconn Apologies For Pay Mistake, After Worker Clashes At iPhone Factory

After protesting workers clashed with riot police, owner Foxconn apologises to staff at Zhengzhou iPhone factory in China

2 years ago

Starlink Terminals Smuggled Into Iran – Report

Amid Internet shutdowns and ongoing protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, Starlink terminals are reportedly being smuggled into Iran

2 years ago

Foxconn’s India Factory Restarts Production After Protests

Production restarted at troubled Foxconn factory in southern India, three weeks after closing following protests over sick workers

3 years ago

Russia Slows Twitter And Threatens Total Ban

Amid protests for Alexei Navalny, Russia said it will slow down Twitter for alleged failure to remove banned content, and…

4 years ago

Facebook To Review Content Policies Amidst Protests

Facebook is to review policies on how it handles controversial posts amidst ongoing racism protests, after staff staged walk-out

4 years ago

Iraq Shuts Down Internet In Response To Baghdad Protests

Latest in questionable line of power tactics as Iraqi government turns off internet for nearly four hours

8 years ago

Google, Apple, Facebook To Pay After Bus Protests

A storm in a bus stop as tech firms agree to contribute after street protests in San Francisco

11 years ago

Google Staff Bus Halted By Angry Protests

Residents in San Francisco stopped a bus carrying Google staff to protest at its contribution to local coffers

11 years ago

ACTA: “The Devil Is In The Lack Of Detail”

MEP David Martin expects the vote to go 2:1 against ACTA, and explains why

12 years ago

Twitter Resists US Injunction To Hand Over Protester Tweets

Twitter is resisting a US injunction ordering it to hand over Tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protestor

12 years ago

Foxconn Workers Threaten Suicide As Boss Dismisses Sweatshop Tag

Foxconn workers have once again threatened to throw themselves off the roof of a factory building

13 years ago

Amazon Fire’s Absence Kindles Protests In The UK

Amazon's Kindle Fire is missing in action outside the US, and this is starting to anger overseas customers

13 years ago

Opposition To ACTA Grows As UK Braces For Protests

Two European countries have frozen work on ratification, and a day of protests is planned for 11 February

13 years ago

Google Executive Helped Spark Egypt Protests

Google's head of marketing for the Middle East helped run a Facebook page used by Egyptian protesters

14 years ago