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... than $3 million to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and its partners to advance their collaborative study of ... has been funded by a generous series of grants from the Open Society Institute (OSI). The OpenNet Initiative's " Internet Censorship Map " ...

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Internet Filtering in Burma (Myanmar) in 2006-2007

... involvement in Myanmar human rights issues were blocked (Open Society Institute at www.soros.org; http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/ ). ...

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Curbing corporate complicity in Internet filtering and surveillance: Tech firms pursue code of conduct

... we called the OpenNet Consensus. Friendly funders from the Open Society Institute (Vera Franz) and the MacArthur Foundation (John Bracken) have ...

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Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering

... 6: Good for Liberty, Bad for Security? Global Civil Society and the Securitization of the Internet Ronald Deibert and Rafal ... efforts to eclipse the Internet. Everyone who supports open thought and the free flow of information should read Access Denied." -- ...

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Kuwait

... press offenses have become legalized, the press market is open to new political daily newspapers (previously the number was limited), and ... respect for decency and preserving the values of Kuwaiti society.” 35 In July 2008, Kuwait’s prosecutor general announced that ...

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Sub-Saharan Africa

... bill – such as allowing security agents to intercept and open suspects’ mail – directly contradict pre-existing laws that protect ... Telecommunications Union, “Measuring the Information Society - The ICT Development Index,” 2009, ... Transactions and Cyber-Crime Control,” New York Institute of Technology, ...

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Burma (Myanmar)

... involvement in Myanmar human rights issues were blocked (Open Society Institute at www.soros.org; http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/ ). ...

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Saudi Arabia

... unrelated men and women and the limited roles of women in open society, the Internet has not only emerged as a popular means of socialization ...

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ONI Releases 2009 Middle East & North Africa Research

... and now owned by McAfee), WebSense, and Fortinet. Open source packages such as SquidGuard are also popular. Q: What ... of Toronto, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, and the Advanced Network Research Group ...

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Uzbekistan

... often remains the only way to communicate with Uzbek society. The complex series of laws and regulations have resulted in ... development. Until 2001–02 the Internet remained open and free from filtering with the exception of some limited filters for ... Law entered into force on January 15, 2007. 13. Institute for War and Peace Reporting, “Internet hit by media law change,” ...

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