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Egypt sits in the bottom 10% of the RSF Press Freedom Index. NTRA throttles messaging during protests and ISP metadata has been used in prosecutions.
CERT-In's April 2022 directive forced major VPNs to physically leave India. Four years on, here is who has virtual India servers and who does not.
PTA blocked the major commercial VPNs in December 2025 and carriers now pattern-match VLESS, Shadowsocks, and WireGuard. Here is what still works.
Roskomnadzor blocks most commercial VPNs at the protocol level. The ones that survive are VLESS Reality, AmneziaWG, and Shadowsocks 2022.
CITC still blocks FaceTime, Skype, and Viber. The February 2026 partial WhatsApp unblock is uneven by carrier. Here is what actually works.
BTK throttles WireGuard and OpenVPN handshakes, X gets blocked during elections, and Wikipedia stayed dark for three years. Here is what works.
TDRA blocks VoIP at etisalat and du. Article 9 of UAE Cybercrime Law is the rule that scares expats. Here is what is illegal vs just blocked.
Vietnam blocked Telegram on June 2, 2025, and the block has held into 2026. Decree 53 forces platform identity verification. Here is what works today.
