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What's new at the OpenNet Initiative?

All three of the OpenNet Initiative's edited volumes—Access Denied, Access Controlled, and Access Contested—are now available online.

The OpenNet Initiative is pleased to announce the availability of our summarized global Internet filtering data for download under a Creative Commons license.


Features

  • Threats to the Open Net: May 12, 2012
    Tor releases OONI-Probe and finds two blocked sites in Palestine; Sina Weibo releases specific guidelines for publishing content; the browser game Wolfenstein 3D is banned in Germany for its Nazi references; the Court of the Hague orders the Pirate Party to stop providing reverse proxies to the Pirate Bay.
  • Tor Project's New OONI-Probe Reveals Two Instances of Filtering
    The Tor Project's most recent tool, the Open Observatory of Network Interference, collects data from individual computers to map Internet surveillance and filtering around the world.
  • Palestinian Authority Unblocks News Websites After Criticisms
    President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestine Authority ordered the attorney general to unblock eight news websites after receiving criticisms from all sides about its attempts to censor.

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Global Internet Filtering

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Main Filtering Map
ONI's main filtering map shows the states and regions where each type of filtering ONI studies takes place.

Social Media Map
Our social media map serves as an easy visual guide to the states and regions where filtering of five major social media sites occurs.

YouTube Censored
For a detailed look at when and where YouTube has been filtered since 2006, check out YouTube Censored: A Recent History, ONI's interactive global timeline.