Anonymity
ONI Blog: Amidst riots in the UK, calls to censor social media
The suspicion that social networks such as Twitter and Facebook as well as BlackBerry Messenger helped incite riots that gripped England earlier this week has led politicians to demand their shutdown.
Prime Minister David Cameron directly blamed social media for the riots. In...
- Posted on 12/Aug/2011; tagged in Anonymity, Arrests and legal action, Conflict and security filtering, Europe, Surveillance, United Kingdom
ONI Blog: Tunisian Government Websites Attacked Via DDoS
The repercussions of Tunisia’s strict online censorship reached an apex in the Arab country this week as multiple DDoS attacks continue to target the government. Hackers known collectively as the Anonymous group took down at least eight government websites beginning...
- Posted on 05/Jan/2011; tagged in Anonymity, Conflict and security filtering, DNS tampering, Political filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, Take-down, Tunisia
ONI Blog: U.N. agency to draft possible limits on Internet anonymity
A document obtained by CNet News has revealed that the U.N National Security Agency is part of a group drafting a set of technical standards determining how to trace Internet communications back to their original sender, potentially limiting users' ability to...
ONI Blog: New Domain Names May Aid State Censorship
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the organization that licenses domains like .com and .edu - meets in Paris this week to discuss two proposals which could change the shape of the Internet. The first would create a...
- Posted on 26/Jun/2008; tagged in Anonymity, Asia, China, Filtering tech and software, Legislation, Russia
