Europe
Regional Overview: Europe
Note: a previous version of this profile is available at Europe, 2006-2007.
Introduction
The Internet in Europe is controlled predominantly through a combination of governments and information and communication technology (ICT) companies. Countries, whether members of the 27 member European Union (EU) or...
- Posted on 15/May/2007; tagged in Europe
ONI Blog: Russian Government Shuts Down Public Health Website
Yesterday, Human Rights Watch reported that the Russian government deliberately shut down the website of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice. The website discussed the drug methadone, which is known to be effective in combatting opiate addiction...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: February 10, 2012
The Russian government blocks the Andrey Rylkov Foundation's website for publishing information about the drug methadone in combating opiate addiction. The drug which is banned in Russia has been known to be effective in curbing the spread of HIV, mainly contracted...
- Posted on 10/Feb/2012; tagged in Europe, Russia, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: February 3, 2012
Polish citizens protested on the streets in Warsaw and other cities around the country in response to the government's decision to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Many who are against the proposed bill to protect against copyright infringement is calling ACTA...
- Posted on 03/Feb/2012; tagged in Europe, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Europeans Protest ACTA as More Countries Sign Treaty
After the Polish government announced that it would support the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, protests—both online and off—erupted in Poland. Last Friday, The Washington Post reported that members of the leftist party Palikot's Movement protested the move toward ACTA by wearing...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: January 27, 2012
After Wikipedia went dark for a day to protest SOPA and PIPA, the bills lost support, with 19 senators backing out. PIPA co-sponsor Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) blamed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for "pushing forward with a flawed bill...
- Posted on 27/Jan/2012; tagged in Europe, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Russian Communication Minister Criticizes SOPA
Russian communication minister Igor Shchyogolev recently published an op-ed piece in Russian newspaper Vedomosti that condemns the SOPA bill as a censorship tool. Shchyogolev critiqued the business impacts of proposal, saying, "It is impossible to block and censor the...
ONI Blog: Polish Websites Attacked After Government Signs ACTA
While United States Congressional members have been experiencing uproar with the SOPA/PIPA controversy, Poland's gotten into its own legislative crisis regarding a different Internet censorship bill. Immediately following the government's announcement of its planned signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, several public...
- Posted on 24/Jan/2012; tagged in Europe, Legislation
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 Copyright, Europe, Iran, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Illegal Torrenting Traced to French Presidential Residence
Reports that illegal torrenting traced to Sarkozy's Elysée Palace surfaced last month. French blog Nikopik recently revealed that six instances of torrenting were detected in the IP range (62.160.71.0 – 62.160.71.255) that covered the French president's residence in Paris. The torrented...
