Much happened in the world of filtering in the past year, and ONI has compiled and is now releasing a review of some of the filtering events that took place in 2007. Browse by month, and see what happened over the past year — web sites being blocked and unblocked, and legislation considered and passed. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but perhaps gives a general idea of what has changed, and what may have stayed the same. Look for many more reports of recent changes, as we release updated profiles of our test countries in the coming months.

Originally from OpenNet Initiative Blog by sally reBlogged

The prospect of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon.

Originally from NYT > Technology by By JOHN MARKOFF reBlogged on May 9, 2008, 12:19AM

The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties groups announced Wednesday morning.

Originally from Wired: Threat Level by Ryan Singel reBlogged

Speaking at a news conference as the Olympic flame was being taken to the top of Mt. Everest, Chinese Technology Minister Wan Gang refused to guarantee China will lift the veil of state-run Internet censorship for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. According to Reuters, China will guarantee sites will not be blocked "as much as possible" over the Olympics, but that "unhealthy" sites would be blocked to protect China's youth.

Originally from internet censorship - Google News reBlogged on May 8, 2008, 12:16PM

Come4news has still not received any explanation from the Tunisian authorities or from Tunisian ISPs. The website’s administrators think it was censored because it posts articles from the Tunisia Watch blog (http://tunisiawatch.rsfblog.org/), which is banned in Tunisia.

Originally from Reporters sans frontières - INTERNET reBlogged

The federal government is currently looking at making ISP’s provide a “clean feed” into your home. However, a clean feed is not 100 per cent clean, can prevent you from accessing legitimate sites and is easily circumvented. Providing a clean feed does not address the major problems: children who are groomed, harassed and bullied via email, social websites, chat rooms and mobile phones.

Originally from internet filtering - Google News reBlogged on May 6, 2008, 12:58PM

How China Leads the World in Web Censorship
Spiegel Online, Germany - May 2, 2008
And what happens in China can easily change the Internet as a whole. Experts believe that the country has already exported its innovative censorship methods ...

Originally from internet censorship - Google News reBlogged on May 2, 2008, 9:53AM

Not surprisingly, oppressive regimes are trying to bring the Internet under their control. Tunisia reportedly dedciated a special branch of the police tracking cyber-dissdients, whereas the blocking or banning critical websites is the tool of choice for the regimes in Syria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Originally from internet censorship - Google News reBlogged on May 3, 2008, 5:55AM

United States Senator Sam Brownback (R) has this week accused the Chinese government of exerting pressure on US-owned hotels to install Internet filtration systems that will censor online content during the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.

Originally from internet censorship - Google News reBlogged on May 6, 2008, 1:58PM

Americans are more supportive of freedom of the press than Iranians or the Chinese, but more inclined toward censorship than Peruvians and Poles.

Originally from internet censorship - Google News reBlogged on May 7, 2008, 6:23AM

The potential for computers to read and understand data places our privacy under threat, with most of us unaware of our digital footprint

Originally from guardian.co.uk Technology by Christine Evans-Pughe reBlogged on May 7, 2008, 7:11AM

Window on Eurasia reports: “The current drive by Ingushetia President Murat Zyazikov to shut down an independent website there through the use of the Soviet-era practice of legal analogy and a post-Soviet Russian pattern of defining almost any criticism of officials as extremism, will, if it proves successful, likely be a model for a Moscow drive to rein in the last free media space there.”

Originally from Global Voices Online » Freedom of Speech by Veronica Khokhlova reBlogged on May 6, 2008, 7:16AM

Many online services run into problems when they are introduced into new countries, and mapping services are no exception. Sensitive information, such as the location of certain government buildings or details on military bases, often show up in satellite view for the entire world to see. Those are just some of the things that Chinese officials are concerned about—a concern that has prompted an investigation into a number of mapping services, including Google Maps, in hopes of having the maps removed or altered.

Originally from del.icio.us/tag/forberkman by amnesiac reBlogged

Because sexual predators may lurk in virtual world and on social-networking sites, Rep. Mark Kirk calls again for passing controversial legislation forcing zone blockage.

Originally from CNET News.com reBlogged on May 7, 2008, 9:39AM

The first legalised home computers go on sale in Cuba, in the latest relaxation of restrictions on daily life.

Originally from BBC News | Technology | UK Edition reBlogged on May 3, 2008, 12:34AM

Yahoo adds technology to its search engine which warns users about potentially risky websites.

Originally from BBC News | Technology | UK Edition reBlogged on May 6, 2008, 6:18AM

The last year has seen the IFPI shift its focus from the individual filesharer, to their ISPs. After Denmark, Norway and Ireland, the anti-piracy lobbyists have now announced that they will go after a Swedish ISP, claiming that the company facilitates copyright infringement.

Originally from internet filtering - Google News reBlogged on May 2, 2008, 5:23AM

Fear from Freedom is happy to observe that internet services are now available in Myanmar. But the blogger is disappointed that online censorship and slow connections also exist.

Originally from Global Voices Online » Freedom of Speech by Mong Palatino reBlogged on May 1, 2008, 10:23AM

James of Robert Amsterdam's blog reports on the hack attack on Radio Free Europe's sites.

Originally from Global Voices Online » Freedom of Speech by Veronica Khokhlova reBlogged on Apr 29, 2008, 4:57PM

China gave the reassurance Sunday that there will be no Internet censorship during the Beijing Olympics and promised that media facilities will be better than at previous games.

Originally from internet censorship - Google News reBlogged on Apr 27, 2008, 4:26AM