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Country Profile: Iraq
Background
The security situation in Iraq has been unstable since the beginning of the United States-led removal of President Saddam Hussein in 2003.1 Sectarian tensions and continued insurgency targeting both civilians and state security forces contribute...
- Posted on 10/Aug/2009; tagged in Iraq, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) -
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has been monitoring Internet filtering around the world since 2002. Currently, more that 40 countries are filtering the Internet to varying degrees, while a number of others, including Australia, Iraq, and Spain, are considering enacting filtering policies....
- Posted on 19/Jan/2010; tagged in Asia, Australia, Australia/New Zealand, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Conflict and security filtering, Europe, Germany, Human rights, IP blocking, Iraq, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North Korea, Overblocking, Political filtering, Proxy blocking, Russia, Social filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, United Kingdom -
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Overview
Iraq does not have a declared Internet filtering policy, nor is there evidence of Internet filtering practiced by the state Internet service provider (ISP). However, ongoing...
ONI Blog: Technology Executives Visit Iraq
According to BBC News reports, top executives from major Internet companies including Google, YouTube, Twitter, Howcast, and Meetup visited Iraq last week in order to assess how their technologies might assist in the ongoing fight against corruption.
The companies will...
- Posted on 27/Apr/2009; tagged in Filtering tech and software, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI -
