A look at Iranian activists’ fight for internet access amid the regime’s crackdowns, including using Tor servers inside Iran to bypass internet blockades (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Washington Post:
A look at efforts by Google, Signal, Tor, and others to help Iranian protestors evade censorship; the White House has signaled support and relaxed sanctions  —  Though Yasmin Green fled Iran with her parents at 3 years old, she has never been more involved in the struggles of its people.

TechCrunch:
Two weeks ahead of China’s 20th communist party congress, censors seem to be blocking TLS-based circumvention tools that locals use to bypass the Great Firewall  —  Tools helping China’s netizens to bypass the Great Firewall appear to be facing a fresh round of crackdowns in the run …

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ireland’s privacy watchdog says it is engaging with Twitter about giving data access to outsiders, amid concerns that Twitter could be in violation of GDPR  —  Elon Musk’s desire to stir conspiratorial shit up by giving select outsiders aligned with his conservative agenda access to Twitter systems …

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ireland’s privacy watchdog says it is engaging with Twitter about giving data access to outsiders, amid concerns that Twitter could be in violation of GDPR  —  Elon Musk’s desire to stir conspiratorial shit up by giving select outsiders aligned with his conservative agenda access to Twitter systems …

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ireland’s privacy watchdog says it is engaging with Twitter about giving data access to outsiders, amid concerns that Twitter could be in violation of GDPR  —  Elon Musk’s desire to stir conspiratorial shit up by giving select outsiders aligned with his conservative agenda access to Twitter systems …

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Fortinet confirms a critical remote authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager is being exploited; a patch is available  —  Fortinet has confirmed today that a critical authentication bypass security vulnerability patched last week is being exploited in the wild.