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By: Roxana FarahmandDate: 11 May 2011Categories: United States of America, SurveillanceThe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved 100 percent of the government’s requests to electronically monitor suspected foreign “agents” or terrorists in the United States in 2010, according to a two-page report released by the Justice Department.0 comment(s)
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By: Helmi NomanDate: 11 May 2011Categories: Syria, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)Syrian government-run al-Thawar newspaper has accused Facebook’s administration of conspiring against the Syrian people. The paper has also announced that pro-regime Syrian programmers are currently preparing a surprise for Facebook.
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By: Roxana FarahmandDate: 09 May 2011Categories: Saudi Arabia, LegislationKing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has issued a new Royal Decree introducing sweeping restrictions on the country’s media, with considerable fines and even closure of news organizations that “undermine national security.”
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 06 May 2011Bahrain's government blocks one of its own sites; Senator Durbin calls out Baidu for censorship; Turkey plans to ban 138 words from the Internet.
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By: Roxana FarahmandDate: 06 May 2011Categories: ChinaThe General Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China announced Wednesday the establishment of the State Internet Information Office (SIIO), a department that will oversee the supervision of the Internet.
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By: Roxana FarahmandDate: 05 May 2011A meeting held in February by a working party of the European Union has gained widespread criticism after minutes from the meeting, published this week, revealed plans for a "single secure European cyberspace."
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 02 May 2011Categories: Turkey, Social filteringThe Turkish Telecommunications Directorate (T?B) has issued a statement to Turkish web hosts, asking them to ban web sites with domain names containing any of 138 offensive words.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 29 Apr 2011A Skype ban in Burma, proposed Internet controls in Saudi Arabia, and evidence that a British company offered to help Egypt monitor its citizens online.
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By: Roxana FarahmandDate: 28 Apr 2011Categories: Iran, Arrests and legal actionIran has been dubbed the "least free" country in terms of internet freedom in a new report from Freedom House.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 26 Apr 2011Bloggers and Facebook users worry a new plan to provide free government email accounts to all citizens will threaten privacy.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 22 Apr 2011Categories: Threats to the Open Net
"Too much free speech" on Facebook, new filtering in Uganda, and mixed messages on new Internet restrictions in Russia. -
By: Roxana FarahmandDate: 22 Apr 2011Amid heavy scrutiny, Facebook is considering partnering with Chinese search engine Baidu to launch a new social networking site.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 18 Apr 2011In the wake of a week of opposition protests, the government has asked three major telecoms to block Facebook and Twitter.
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By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 15 Apr 2011Categories: Threats to the Open Net
Internet access as a human right, limited Internet filtering in Europe, and a new opening for Facebook in China. -
By: Rebekah HeacockDate: 08 Apr 2011Categories: Threats to the Open Net
Russian Internet controls grow as Germany backs down from filtering; India publishes a list of censored sites.
