Political filtering
ONI Blog: Reporters Without Borders Releases "Enemies of the Internet" Report
Last week on World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders released this year's "Enemies of the Internet" report. Among the newest additions to the list are Bahrain and Belarus, both of which had been under surveillance but had not...
- Posted on 20/Mar/2012; tagged in Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, India, North Korea, South Korea, Libya, Venezuela, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Surveillance, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Pakistan Plans to Step Up Censorship Before Elections
Pakistan has recently come out with a National URL Filtering and Blocking System that would allow it to block 50 million websites, according to PCWorld. Pakistan's National ICT R&D Fund, a division of the Ministry of Information Technology, ran ads...
ONI Blog: Tor Helps Iranians Get Back Online
Iranian Internet users experienced a drastic blackout over the weekend as the government blocked encrypted Internet traffic. Tor, an anonymity and circumvention tool that offersa network run by volunteers, reported that on Friday, the number of Tor users in Iran—usually around...
- Posted on 15/Feb/2012; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Take-down, Elections, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Iran Blocks Foreign Websites Before Islamic Revolution Anniversary
Iran has blocked multiple websites right before the upcoming anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. According to reports from users in the country, Gmail, Facebook, and Yahoo have all been blocked, along with other foreign websites. The AFP reports that...
- Posted on 13/Feb/2012; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Take-down, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Iran Creates Stricter Controls in Internet Cafés Ahead of Elections
The Iranian government is stepping up controls on the Internet in the country, just in time for the country's legislative elections in March. New measures have been placed on Internet cafés that will now require users to provide...
- Posted on 20/Jan/2012; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Human rights, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: January 6, 2012
Iran's parliament has recently proposed to implement stricter controls over the Internet, including placing blog posts, comments, and text messages under the same surveillance as mainstream media. In attempts to create a "national" and "clean" Internet, the Iranian government is acting...
- Posted on 06/Jan/2012; tagged in Iran, United States of America, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Copyright, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: November 11, 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 11/Nov/2011; tagged in Brazil, China, Egypt, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, Legislation, Copyright, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Sri Lanka Blocks Websites Insulting Political Leaders
Officials in Sri Lanka blocked six websites this week, claiming that they insulted important political leaders in the country and committed "character assassination," reports the Washington Post. The sites taken down include those of the United Front Party, an...
ONI Blog: New Canada Centre Report Tracks Challenges of Censored Internet for Global Broadcasters
An international research team based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs has released a detailed report that tracks and analyzes the difficulties of broadcasting the news...
ONI Blog: Thai Internet Regulation May Curtail Its Economic Potential
Giant Internet companies spoke out this week about what they see as an ongoing and "dangerous" development for the Thailand Internet economy. Four years ago, the Thai government introduced Internet monitoring laws to combat fraud. But opponents of the heightened regulation...
