How Internet Censorship Tech Maker Sandvine Sold Its Tools to Repressive Regimes

An investigation traces how Sandvine's deep packet inspection tools ended up in the hands of authoritarian governments running internet censorship operations. The company was placed on the US Entity List in 2024 after its technology was linked to surveillance and content blocking in multiple countries. Sandvine's tools can inspect, filter, and throttle internet traffic at the network level. The investigation details the sales chain from the Canadian company to government clients in countries with documented records of suppressing online speech and monitoring citizens.