Internet censorship and surveillance are growing global phenomena. ONI’s mission is to identify and document Internet filtering and surveillance, and to promote and inform wider public dialogs about such practices. Blog     @OpenNet     ONI on Facebook

What's new at the OpenNet Initiative?

NEW! ONI has just updated our maps of where popular social media sites are filtered. Want to know where Facebook and Twitter are blocked? Check out our maps.

To receive the latest news on filtering, follow us on Twitter, or subscribe to ONI's feed of the most important news in Internet filtering today.


OPENNET INITIATIVE RELEASES ACCESS CONTROLLED
Cyberspace is being shaped. This second volume from the OpenNet Initiative documents emerging trends and technologies as governments around the world seek to shape, limit, and control the Internet.

Access Controlled updates and expands on ONI's 2008 volume, Access Denied. Six new chapters written by leading experts analyze trends and patterns shaping Internet controls worldwide. The volume presents six up-to-date regional reports and 29 country profiles based on ONI’s extensive in-field research and technical testing.


Blog

Indonesia struggles to try and stop pornographic content from reaching its citizens.

On July 29th, Reporters Sans Frontiers reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrested one BlackBerry user, detained another, and are pursuing five activists.

Despite the press attention being thrown at the China/Google relationship, there has been another issue in China brewing a little more subtly in the background that may cause further open access issues in a nation already struggling with Internet freedom.

Global Internet Filtering

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.