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  • Canada lauds UAE ISP that pervasively censors political, religious, and gay and lesbian information, using Canadian software
    By: Ronald J. Deibert
    Date: 01 Jul 2011
    Categories: Canada, United Arab Emirates, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Social filtering
    In light of the controversy around the use of Canadian-made software being used in the Middle East and North Africa, it is remarkable that the Ontario Centres of Excellence, the Information Technology Association of Canada, and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs would choose to honour an Internet Service Provider that pervasively filters access to information using Canadian made software.
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