Banned and blocked—LGBT+ websites censored from Russia to Indonesia

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August 31, 2021

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Irene Poetranto

Senior researcher Irene Poetranto discusses a joint report by the Citizen Lab, OutRight Action International, and the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), focused on LGBTIQ website censorship and its impact on LGBTIQ communities. The results indicate the technical and legal obstacles many users have in accessing LGBTIQ news, health, and human rights websites.

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