Algeria joins an increasingly expanding list of government Internet censors in the Middle East and North Africa. ONI's in-country tests conducted January 1, 2010 verified that access to the the Web site of the Algerian political movement Rachad (www.rachad.org) has been banned...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unblocked access to Web sites on the Israeli country code top-level domain “.il" ONI noticed earlier this month that .il Web sites have been accessible from the UAE, and has since been testing for filtering of...

The OpenNet Initiative recently released new profiles for a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including updates of previously researched countries. In one such country, Oman, our research found there to be significant social filtering, as well as...

When ONI released its Middle East and North Africa reports, an avid reader quickly submitted an article to Slashdot noting the government of Yemen's use of Websense filtering software, as reported in our 2009 Yemen country profile. Websense, a U.S.-based company,...

The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of our Middle East and North Africa study. The 2008-2009 research can be accessed at http://opennet.net/research/regions/mena Q: What are the filtering trends across the Middle East and North Africa? While not all...

Background In 1993, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel signed the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (also known as the Oslo Accords), providing for a five-year interim government until permanent settlement is reached.1 Since...

Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Regional Profiles: Middle East and North Africa. Overview ONI conducted in-country testing for Internet filtering in sixteen countries in the North Africa and Middle East region. We found that eight of these...

PDF Version Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Iraq. Overview Iraq does not have a declared Internet filtering policy, nor is there evidence of Internet filtering practiced by the state Internet service provider (ISP). However, ongoing...

PDF Version | PDF Version (Arabic) Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Yemen. Overview Internet filtering in the Republic of Yemen is relatively broad in scope, with pornography a principal target for blocking. Despite the...

PDF Version Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: United Arab Emirates. Overview The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) pervasively filters Web sites that contain pornography or relate to alcohol and drug use, gay and...