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ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: May 4, 2012
Freedom House came out with its 2012 survey on the freedom of the press around the world. Media gains happened in the Middle East and Northern Africa as Arab Spring stimulated a significant amount of social media activity. However, press freedom...
- Posted on 03/May/2012; tagged in Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Gaza and the West Bank, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, Threats to the Open Net, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: UK Accuses Iran of Blocking British Diplomatic Website
Three days after the British government launched the website "UK for Iranians," the site was blocked promptly in Tehran, Reuters reports. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was featured on the website in a video with giving a message to Iranians....
- Posted on 28/Mar/2012; tagged in Data retention, Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: March 23, 2012
Pakistan halts its plans to implement a firewall against a list of objectionable URLs. The Ministry of Information Technology reversed its decision after the National Assembly withdrew due to stakeholder concerns.
PayPal eased up on its policy on companies using their...
- Posted on 23/Mar/2012; tagged in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Pakistan, Political filtering, United Kingdom, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: November 4, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 04/Nov/2011; tagged in Asia, China, Cybercrime and security, Europe, Filtering tech and software, Gaza and the West Bank, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Syria, Take-down, Threats to the Open Net, United Kingdom, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: UK Filtering Software Company Releases Survey on Kids' Internet Access
Internet security company Westcoastcloud recently released their survey on UK school children's access to the Internet. According to CBR, 10% of UK children own a smartphone and 5% of them own an iPad. The survey gathered answers from 2,000 British parents...
- Posted on 26/Sep/2011; tagged in Europe, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 16, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 16/Sep/2011; tagged in Algeria, Asia, Burma, Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Thailand, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: UK Government Drops Plans to Ban Social Media
Plans to censor the UK Internet amid recent riots have been dropped. As reported last month, Prime Minister David Cameron proposed a ban on social media in light of the unrest that swept over England in early August. In a...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: August 12, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 12/Aug/2011; tagged in Arrests and legal action, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Legislation, Non-filtering content restrictions, Privacy, Russia, Surveillance, Turkey, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Amidst riots in the UK, calls to censor social media
The suspicion that social networks such as Twitter and Facebook as well as BlackBerry Messenger helped incite riots that gripped England earlier this week has led politicians to demand their shutdown.
Prime Minister David Cameron directly blamed social media for the riots. In...
- Posted on 12/Aug/2011; tagged in Anonymity, Arrests and legal action, Conflict and security filtering, Europe, Surveillance, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: August 5, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 05/Aug/2011; tagged in Asia, Copyright, Cybercrime and security, Europe, Political filtering, United Kingdom, United States/Canada
