Internet users in Tunisia were able to access the social networking Web site facebook today after it was blocked by the country's ISPs last month without giving any reason. Interestingly, the President of Tunisia Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali himself ordered the...

Sami Ben Gharbia of Global Voices posted an excellent review of recently blocked blogs, social networking Web sites (including facebook), and video sharing sites. The post also presents users' reaction to online censorship and the anti-censorship campaigns organized...

Saudi journalist Molouk Y. Ba-Isa wrote an interesting article in Saudi Arabia’s principal English daily (Arab News) in which she reminds the Western journalists covering the 2008 Olympics in Beijing that censorship for people like her in countries such as Saudi...

Sudan blocked access to the video sharing Web site youtube last week without giving any explanation. Users who attempt to access the site receive the standard blockpage which says, “Sorry this page has been blocked by [the] National Telecommunication Corporation”. While it is...

As spite spurs activism among the nation’s youth, Egypt contemplates banning Facebook- the infamous Social Networking Site (SNS) that has taken the country by storm. The rising food prices and consequential rise in cost of living in Egypt has caused a great...

Western software companies continue to make key decisions about what is acceptable speech in numerous countries around the world by compiling the lists of web sites that fall into potentially undesirable categories, such as provocative content and hate speech. Livejournal.com, a free service...

PDF Version 1. Executive Summary 2. Political, Technical, and Legal Context in Bahrain A. Sensitive / Controversial Topics for Media Coverage B. Internet Infrastructure and Access C. Legal Background 3. Testing Methodology A. Methods B. Results Analysis ...

PDF Version Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Political, Technical, and Legal Context in Tunisia A. Sensitive / Controversial Topics for Media Coverage B. Internet Infrastructure and Access C. Media Ownership and Control D. General Media Regulation ...

ONI's preliminary investigation found that Dubai's ISP, du, which started filtering the Internet on April 14, 2008, targets sexual materials as well as politically oriented content. Examples of political sites blocked include Arabtimes.com...

ONI has documented filtering in Iran in a number of studies over the past four years, demonstrating an increase in the extent of filtering. At the core of the issue is the impact of Internet filtering on the range...