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: Threats to the Open Net: May 12, 2012
Tor found two blocked sites in Palestine with their latest OONI-Probe tool. The organization's latest available software installed on local computer networks crawls millions of websites using a transparent HTTP proxy.
Sina Weibo released a new set of guidelines that specify...
- Posted on 12/May/2012; tagged in Asia, China, Circumvention, Copyright, Europe, Gaza and the West Bank, Germany, IP blocking, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Netherlands, Proxy blocking, Take-down, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: May 4, 2012
Freedom House came out with its 2012 survey on the freedom of the press around the world. Media gains happened in the Middle East and Northern Africa as Arab Spring stimulated a significant amount of social media activity. However, press freedom...
- Posted on 03/May/2012; tagged in Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Gaza and the West Bank, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Sub-Saharan Africa, Threats to the Open Net, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: CPJ Ranks Ten Most Censored Countries
In preparation for World Press Freedom Day, the Committee to Protect Journalists published its findings on the most censored countries in the world. The top three countries with the most press restrictions and least access to media information were revealed to...
- Posted on 03/May/2012; tagged in Asia, Belarus, Burma, Circumvention, Cuba, Europe, Guinea, Guinea, Internet tools filtering, Iran, Latin America, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Saudi Arabia, Social filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, Surveillance, Syria, Threats to the Open Net, Uzbekistan
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: April 27, 2012
ONI releases its annual "Year in Review" report, which details all the most significant cases of Internet censorship and surveillance around the world. Among the most high-profile controversies were the SOPA/PIPA debates in the US Congress and European software firms' cooperation...
- Posted on 27/Apr/2012; tagged in Asia, China, Ethiopia, Europe, Political filtering, Russia, Social filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2011 Year in Review
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2011 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.
Starting domestically, 2011 saw the beginnings of SOPA and PIPA, bills...
- Posted on 23/Apr/2012; tagged in Arrests and legal action, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Circumvention, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Data retention, Elections, Europe, Filtering tech and software, Human rights, Internet tools filtering, IP blocking, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering, Privacy, Search result removal, Social filtering, Surveillance, Take-down, United States/Canada, Voluntary filtering
ONI Blog: Dmitry Medvedev Calls Internet Censorship "Senseless"
President Dmitry Medvedev posted a video on the official Kremlin website in which he supported an open Internet. Calling censorship "impossible" and "senseless," Medvedev called for more social network usage for the purpose of making government authorities more transparent...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: April 20, 2012
Google co-founder Sergey Brin criticized China, Iran, entertainment companies, and Facebook for obstructing the openness of the Internet. He specifically targeted oppressive policy measures to censor content and the fact that Facebook's platform remains closed to Google's search crawls.
Contemporary artist and...
- Posted on 20/Apr/2012; tagged in Asia, China, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Pakistan, Threats to the Open Net, United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: UK Accuses Iran of Blocking British Diplomatic Website
Three days after the British government launched the website "UK for Iranians," the site was blocked promptly in Tehran, Reuters reports. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was featured on the website in a video with giving a message to Iranians....
- Posted on 28/Mar/2012; tagged in Data retention, Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: March 23, 2012
Pakistan halts its plans to implement a firewall against a list of objectionable URLs. The Ministry of Information Technology reversed its decision after the National Assembly withdrew due to stakeholder concerns.
PayPal eased up on its policy on companies using their...
- Posted on 23/Mar/2012; tagged in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Pakistan, Political filtering, United Kingdom, United States of America, United States/Canada
