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New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Asia, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Conflict and security filtering, India, Indonesia, Internet tools filtering, IP blocking, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Non-filtering content restrictions, North Korea, ONI, Political filtering, Publications, Singapore, Social filtering, South Korea, Surveillance, Thailand, Vietnam, Voluntary filtering -
In an effort to “modernize” police tactics and surveillance, UK’s home secretary has called for the implementation of a system that records internet contact between users, according to BBC News.
This comes in the wake of Britain’s ruling out...
- Posted on 07/May/2009; tagged in Conflict and security filtering, Europe, Internet tools filtering, Surveillance, United Kingdom -
In addition to technical filtering and surveillance practices, more countries in the Middle East impose restrictions on Internet use in cyber cafés. The latest example comes from Saudi Arabia where Internet cafés have been ordered by the Ministry of Interior to install...
- Posted on 16/Apr/2009; tagged in Cybercrime and security, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Saudi Arabia, Surveillance -
On February 11, Vodafone's global head of content standards, Annie Mullins, revealed that Vodafone handed over communications data to the Egyptian authorities in response to government demands. This data may have been used to help identify rioters who were...
- Posted on 24/Feb/2009; tagged in Arrests and legal action, Data retention, Egypt, Human rights, Legislation, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Privacy, Surveillance -
ONI Blog: Internet Censorship in Saudi
Saudi Arabia has one of the most restrictive Internet filters in the world, yet according to BusinessWeek news reports, the Saudi censorship regime is vastly unlike that of most countries. Employing a mere twenty-five people, the country’s Communication and...
- Posted on 30/Nov/2008; tagged in Human rights, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering, Saudi Arabia, Social filtering, Surveillance, Voluntary filtering -
Groundbreaking research by an ONI affiliate made major news today. Nart Villeneuve, a fellow at Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, revealed in a joint Information Warfare Monitor/ONI Asia report Wednesday TOM-Skype, a special software for using Skype in...
ONI Blog: Surveillance Clamp-down in Beijing
Only one day before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games begin….and we’re not the only ones to notice.
The Chinese government has spread a stifling net of surveillance around the capital to allegedly ensure that the Olympics remain “safe”. This comes as...
ONI Blog: Bloggers Unite Against FISA Bill
Since the Senate approved the new FISA bill, the blogosphere has been in a state of upheaval, declaring it an infringement on the Bill of Rights. NPR recently reported that liberal and conservative bloggers have joined forces to...
ONI Blog: Facebook Faceoff
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...
- Posted on 21/Jul/2008; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Surveillance -
After weeks of tumultuous protests inspired largely by South Korea’s young netizens, this country, one of the most wired and technology savvy in the world, is considering new ways to monitor the Internet.
In April, South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak’s decision...
