Internet and social media shutdowns affected more than 4 billion people across the world last year, with Asia accounting for nearly half of them, a recent report says.
The annual report by Surfshark recaps key developments in global internet censorship, namely, the legal control, suppression, or manipulation of what can and cannot be watched, seen, downloaded, or published on the world wide web.
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April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.