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After a decade of collaboration in the study and documentation of Internet filtering and control mechanisms around the world, the OpenNet Initiative partners will no longer carry out research under the ONI banner. The website, including all reports and data, will be maintained indefinitely to allow continued public access to our entire archive of published work and data.
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The chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Commission for Audiovisual Media, Dr. Riyad Najm, said his commission will start putting restrictions on content produced online, including on YouTube.
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The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is proud to release new reports on Internet regulation and filtering in five Latin American countries.
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This report details Iran’s increasing Internet controls since 2009, when protests against the victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad rocked the country.
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Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more efficient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. A new study from the SecDev Group highlights the ambivalent policies and practices that have left Turkmenistan mired in the digital doldrums, torn between its desire to join the worldwide web and its compulsion to control cyberspace.
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Ethiopia remains a dangerous country in which to express dissent online. The recent conviction of a number of bloggers and journalists, combined with the country’s history of filtering critical political content online, demonstrates the restrictive nature of the country’s information environment. This blog post describes recent developments in the country and reports on the results of OpenNet Initiative testing conducted in September 2012.
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After years spent as one of the world’s most strictly controlled information environments, the government of Burma has recently begun to open up access to previously censored online content. Recent OpenNet Initiative testing has confirmed these changes, finding a variety of opposition websites, critical blogs and foreign news sites to be accessible after years of blocking. This ONI blog post discusses recent developments in Burma and reports on the results of testing conducted in Burma in August 2012.
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Online freedom of expression continues to be threatened in Vietnam, as recently proposed regulations and the ongoing detainment and harassment of bloggers combine with an already strict regime of Internet filtering to further restrict information openness. This OpenNet Initiative blog post describes these new developments and reports on the results of testing conducted in Vietnam from April to August 2012.
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Categories: Brazil,
Conflict and security filtering,
Cybercrime and security,
Internet tools filtering,
Latin America,
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United States of America,
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Iran announces plan to unplug from the global internet within the next 18 months; malware Gauss is found targeting Lebanese banks; Brazil postpones a vote on its 'Internet Bill of Rights'; and WikiLeaks continues to be inaccessible and under DDoS attack from hacker group, AntiLeaks.
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With Internet censorship on the rise, Project Meshnet is working to create an uncensored alternative to the global Internet. Born out of the r/darknetplan on Reddit, Project Meshnet aims to build a network of secure connections to create a truly free Internet.
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A regional Russian Internet service provider temporarily blocked the entire portal of Russian LiveJournal in response to a court order to block one blog on the platform. The incident illustrates the probability of overblocking, especially when targeting an IP address.
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Tajikistan blocked foreign news websites and YouTube; Twitter suspended and reinstated account of British journalist after he posted critical tweets of NBC; Skype makes chats and user data more available to police
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Two computer security firms released information about a new malware dubbed 'Mahdi'. Using social engineering tactics, this superbug infected numerous computers to perform various acts of cyberespionage. While the origin of Mahdi was uncertain at first, new evidence is coming to light tying it to the malware Flame.
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Beijing police announce Internet crackdown; Open Technology Institute publishes report on Internet in Uzbekistan; Privacy International to sue UK government for export of surveillance technology.
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A leaked draft of the Canada-EU Trade Agreement, which is currently under negotiation, came under fire when activists noted that some sections were identical to the recently rejected Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. While the European Commission has stated that a number of changes have been made to CETA, commentators remain skeptical and demand greater transparency.
Iran announces plan to unplug from the global internet within the next 18 months; malware Gauss is found targeting Lebanese banks; Brazil postpones a vote on its 'Internet Bill of Rights'; and WikiLeaks continues to be inaccessible and under DDoS attack from hacker group, AntiLeaks.
Tajikistan blocked foreign news websites and YouTube; Twitter suspended and reinstated account of British journalist after he posted critical tweets of NBC; Skype makes chats and user data more available to police
