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Country Profile: Burma (Myanmar)
Background
Myanmar’s abysmal human rights record worsened in 2006,1 prompting increased pressure from the United States, the EU, and ASEAN for reform. In September the U.N. Security Council approved the U.S. government’s proposal to put Myanmar formally on...
New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Asia, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Conflict and security filtering, India, Indonesia, Internet tools filtering, IP blocking, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Non-filtering content restrictions, North Korea, ONI, Political filtering, Publications, Singapore, Social filtering, South Korea, Surveillance, Thailand, Vietnam, Voluntary filtering -
ONI Blog: The Worst Places to be a Blogger
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has just released a list of the ten worst countries in which to blog. Topping the list is Burma, followed closely by Iran, Syria, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Tunisia, China, Turkmenistan, and Egypt.
In determining...
- Posted on 30/Apr/2009; tagged in Asia, Burma, Egypt, Europe, Human rights, Iran, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Saudi Arabia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria, Tunisia -
Since March 22, 2009, Internet speeds in Burma have been slowed significantly. Myanmar Teleport (MMT) had announced that the submarine cable SE-ME-WE 3 (South East Asia Middle West Europe 3) will be undergoing maintenance from March 21 to March 25,...
ONI Blog: Burma Steps Up Internet Restrictions
According to news reports, Burma’s military government has taken further steps to restrict citizen access to the Internet by silencing dissidents and stepping up raids on Internet cafes. Hacker attacks originating from Russia, China, and Singapore blocked access to four...
- Posted on 27/Oct/2008; tagged in Asia, Burma, Conflict and security filtering, Political filtering -
ONI has obtained a copy of regulations for the operation of cybercafes in Burma. Since March 2006, the Burmese government has been 'encouraging' the growing number of cybercafes to become licensed as public access centers (PACs) under the management of Myanmar...
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Executive Summary
This bulletin examines the role of information technology, citizen journalists, and bloggers in Burma and presents a technical analysis of the abrupt shutdown of Internet connectivity by...
ONI has released a bulletin on the recent demonstrations in Burma and the Burmese government's shutdown of the Internet there. ONI conducted a technical analysis of the Internet's uptime, documenting a complete shutdown in Burma, followed by intermittent periods...
ONI Blog: The brave citizen journalists of Myanmar
IT War
IT vs Guns
The Guns can't shoot down the "IT"
The Winner is Burmese People
-thread on overseas portal Mandalay Gazette
An extraordinary mobilization by “civilian” or citizen journalists and bloggers to keep information flowing out of Myanmar...
ONI Blog: Myanmar: a difference between movements
As government security forces have begun a violent and deadly crackdown against the escalating protests in Myanmar, commentators are continuing to draw comparisons between these peaceful protests that began in mid-August (initially over a sudden steep increase in fuel prices), and...
