Websites run by dissidents and human rights activists around the world have a new ally in the fight against oppressive regimes: Google.
To defend against the growing threat of cyberattacks, and specifically Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS), which can take down a site with a massive stream of malicious traffic, Google has launched Project Shield. The new tool protects sites from being taken offline, allowing them to serve their content through Google’s infrastructure.
The tool, unveiled on Monday at the Google Ideas Summit in New York, N.Y., is designed specifically for websites that operate in high-risk conflict zones, where governments might try to take down websites that broadcast anti-government information, or help dissidents organize. In other words, Project Shield could serve to protect online activists in Syria, Egypt and other countries where the Internet is under government control. Read more…
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