Brazil
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: August 10, 2012
Iran's telecommunications minister announced on Sunday that the government's project to replace access to the global Internet with Iran's own domestic intranet system is scheduled to be completed within 18 months. The proposed insular intranet would be heavily regulated...
- Posted on 10/Aug/2012; tagged in Brazil, United States of America, Lebanon, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, Legislation, Surveillance, Cybercrime and security, Privacy, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Internet tools filtering
ONI Blog: SecDev Group launches Open Empowerment Project in Latin America
The SecDev Group, one of the three partner institutions of the OpenNet Initiative, launched the Open Empowerment project in Latin America on May 29. The Open Empowerment project is a joint venture between the SecDev Foundation (Canada) and the Igarapé...
- Posted on 07/Jun/2012; tagged in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Latin America, Cybercrime and security
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: November 11, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
- Posted on 11/Nov/2011; tagged in Brazil, China, Egypt, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, Legislation, Copyright, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Censura Não!: Brazilian Bloggers Protest New Cybercrime Bill
Brazil’s blogosphere has been overflowing with dissent over the most recent cybercrime legislation proposed by Senator Eduardo Azeredo. At the Blog Carnival Against Censorship this Saturday, bloggers expressed their overwhelming opposition to the Digital Crimes Bill. Global...
ONI Blog: Brazil court orders ISPs to block access to Wordpress blog
ISPs in Brazil have been ordered by the court to block a Wordpress blog that holds apparently defamatory material. This is the second time a court order has been handed to Brazilian ISPs – the first targeted a YouTube video...
- Posted on 10/Apr/2008; tagged in Brazil, Latin America
ONI Blog: YouTube Does Brazil
In September of last year, while on the beach in Spain, Brazilian supermodel and TV personality Daniela Cicarelli was filmed taking part in intimate acts with her boyfriend, Renato Malzoni, a Brazilian banker. The video naturally appeared soon thereafter on...
- Posted on 10/Jan/2007; tagged in Brazil, Latin America
