On top of all the excitement at WSIS, there have been some recent articles examining freedom of information on the Net in the Arab world and beyond. The UAE has recently legalized VOIP, the technology that enables Internet telephony. Arab...

Foreign Policy writes about the market for access to blocked Web sites in states that filter the Internet. The piece relies on ONI's Saudi Arabia research and quotes principal investigator Ron Deibert. ...

The OpenNet Initiative has just released a new study documenting Internet filtering in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ONI researchers tested over 60,000 Web addresses during a three-year period and found that the most aggressive censorship focused on pornography (98% of sites...

1. Introduction and Executive Summary A. Summary B. Our Research C. Blocking Patterns In Saudi Arabia D. Overblocking E. Conclusion 2. Overview of the Internet and Filtering in Saudi Arabia A. History B. Control Infrastructure ...

ONI confirms reports by Reporters Without Borders that the LGBT news and information web site, GayMiddleEast.com, has been blocked in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the popular web sites gay.com, gaydar.com, and 365gay.com have also been blocked. Further testing has revealed that the...

March 22, 2004 Contents: - Screen Captures - Enumeration Results - Methodology & Limitations As reported by Reporters Without Borders the LGBT news and information web site, GayMiddleEast.com, has been blocked in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the popular web sites gay.com,...