Freedom Decrypted is a weekly tech show with a freedom slant.  Topics: Pirate Bay, RARBG, 1337x & Torrentz2 to be Permanently Blocked in India :: Silk Road 2 Founder Dread Pirate Roberts 2 Caught, Jailed for 5 Years :: Russian lawmakers pass bill for state…

Australia Passes Law to Punish Social Media Companies for ‘Violent Posts’ and Ensure Censorship of Those That Don’t Toe the Party Line :: New reason to adopt crypto currencies? PayPal and credit card users will incur new 3-4% transaction fee on returns and canceled orders…

Mozilla tries to re-add Java in Firefox? :: Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware :: Ontario Town Will Soon Accept Bitcoin for Property Tax Payments :: Vodafone Germany Blocks Popular Pirate Forum to Avoid Lawsuit :: Facebook Says it Will Now…

Audacity 2.3.1 Released, Restores Linux Support :: Linux Kernel 5.0 Released :: Pro-Bitcoin Colorado Governor Signs Cryptocurrency-Friendly Bill :: Facebook’s cryptocurrency could be a $19 billion revenue opportunity, Barclays says :: Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio :: Supreme Court Denies Kim Dotcom Permission…

Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS released :: Uploaded.net Has No Real Ties to Switzerland, Criminal Investigation Shows :: Russia limits operations of foreign communications satellite operators :: Facebook, Twitter, and Google still aren’t doing enough about disinformation, EU says :: YouTube Will Disable Comments on Nearly All…

European governments approve controversial new copyright law :: Privacy advocate held at gunpoint after license plate reader database mistake, lawsuit alleges :: Potential Abuse Prompts US Court to ‘Re-evaluate’ Treatment of Piracy Cases :: Facebook Held Liable for Copyright Infringing ‘Links’ in Italy :: 93 Students At One University…

KDE Plasma 5.15 Released :: Downloading Any Pirate Content To Be Made Illegal in Japan :: Visa, Mastercard mull increasing fees for processing transactions :: EU Commission Portrays “Article 13” Opponents as a Misled and Misinformed Mob :: J.P. Morgan Chase Creates Its Own Cryptocurrency :: EU Reaches Deal…

Facebook Ordered To Stop Combining WhatsApp and Instagram Data Without Consent in Germany :: LibreOffice 6.2 Brings New Interfaces, Performance Improvements To the Open Source Office Suite :: Zcash Counterfeiting Vulnerability Successfully Remediated :: GTA V Cheat Maker Has to Pay $150,000 in Copyright Damages…

YouTube Ripper Wins Dismissal of Record Labels’ US Piracy Lawsuit :: MPAA and RIAA Want Site Blocking in New US-UK Trade Deal :: Russia opens civil cases against Facebook, Twitter: report :: Republican state lawmaker introduces bill that would tax porn to fund Trump’s border…

Feds Can’t Force You To Unlock Your iPhone With Finger Or Face, Judge Rules :: The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data :: EU Cancels ‘Final’ Negotiations On EU Copyright Directive Article 13 :: Activists Publish ‘An Illegal Book?’ to Defend Popcorn-Time News…