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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 07 Apr 2011As governments in the Middle East have cracked down on Internet traffic outright this year, Russian authorities have expanded their control over cyberspace in a more indirect manner, employing a voluntary Internet patrol group, paid pro-government commentators, alleged DDoS attacks, and a new surveillance system to increase pressure on Russian netizens.0 comment(s)
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By: daniel oppermannDate: 07 Apr 2011The German conservative-liberal government has decided to give up their plans to establish Internet filters after a respective law to impede the access to child porn websites
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 01 Apr 2011Categories: Threats to the Open Net
A pro-government blogging competition in Iran, new privacy reviews for Google, and an ONI special report. -
By: Qichen ZhangDate: 31 Mar 2011Categories: United States of America, United Kingdom, United States/Canada, Europe, Legislation, Political filtering
Last week, the Guardian UK reported that the U.S. State Department would be granting a six-figure fund to help the BBC World Service combat Internet censorship around the world. Although the State Department has denied this, the proposed funding for the UK media company has already elicited negative feedback across the pond. -
By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 28 Mar 2011The recent political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa has thrown into focus the information shaping, events-based blocking, and counter-control activities undertaken by governments throughout the region. New research by the OpenNet Initiative shows that many of these activities are supported by Western filtering tools and services.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 25 Mar 2011Categories: Threats to the Open Net
Gmail slowed in China, cyber jihadists in Sudan, and Iranian government hackers: this week's Threats to the Open Net. -
By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 18 Mar 2011Categories: Bahrain, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Vietnam, Yemen, Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria, Venezuela, Turkey, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, Australia, Italy, Bangladesh, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Lebanon, Rwanda, South Africa, United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Copyright, Take-down, Human rights, Circumvention, Elections, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, IP blocking, Filtering tech and softwareThe OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2010 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.
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By: Qichen ZhangDate: 14 Mar 2011The Pew Report recently released its State of News Media 2011 study, which reported that more users now obtain their news from online sources than from newspapers in the United States.
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Date: 28 Jan 2011In a nearly unprecedented move, the Egyptian government has ordered all ISPs to shut off connectivity, leaving most Egyptians without Internet access. In this blog post, Masashi Crete-Nishihata and Jillian York explore the historical precedents for such action.
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By: Qichen ZhangDate: 27 Jan 2011With WikiLeaks blocked in mainland China, the founder of the whistle-blowing website sharply criticized the Chinese goverment for their online censorship practices. This comes in light of multiple cable releases from last year that may threaten U.S.-China relations.
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By: Qichen ZhangDate: 25 Jan 2011Hungary only recently stepped into its six-month EU presidency at the beginning of this year. But already, serious concerns about its new media law that gives an unprecedented amount of power to the Hungarian government to control media has the nation at odds with the rest of Europe and the world.
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By: Qichen ZhangDate: 18 Jan 2011Categories: United States of America, United States/Canada, Legislation, Data retention, Social filtering, IP blocking
Conservative Tennessee Representative Marsha Blackburn objected to the FCC's new regulations on net neutrality at the "State of the Net" conference today. As she pushes her own bill to take away regulatory power from the communications agency, politicians debate whether her "Internet Freedom Act" will pass. -
By: Qichen ZhangDate: 17 Jan 2011Categories:
This Wednesday, Spain's government organization on data protection will battle Google in a legal suit in hopes that the Internet company will take down information sensitive to individuals in the nation. This leads many to question whether Spain is heading toward an Internet policy marked by possible censorship. -
By: Qichen ZhangDate: 17 Jan 2011Categories: New Zealand, Australia/New Zealand, Obscenity, Take-down, Data retention, Social filtering
After findings of McDonald's ban on certain gay websites in its New Zealand restuarants, some question whether the company aims to actively block LGBT online content in the country. -
By: Qichen ZhangDate: 16 Jan 2011Categories:
Libyan leader Qaddafi points the finger at WikiLeaks for the ongoing violent uprising against President Ben Ali's regime after cables were released about the Ben Ali's family's extravagant spending and mafia-related activity.
