Ethiopia
Country Profile: Ethiopia
Background
Ethiopia’s record on human rights and political openness took a turn for the worse after the legislative elections of May 2005. Though originally hailed by the U.S. State Department as “a milestone in creating a new, more competitive multi-party political system in...
- Posted on 30/Sep/2009; tagged in Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa
ONI Blog: Update on information controls in Ethiopia
Introduction
Ethiopia remains a highly restrictive environment in which to express political dissent online. The government of Ethiopia has long filtered critical and oppositional political content. Anti-terrorism legislation is frequently used to target online speech, including in the recent conviction of a dozen...
- Posted on 01/Nov/2012; tagged in Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Arrests and legal action, Political filtering, Internet tools filtering
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 20, 2012
A controversial Russian piece of legislation that would give the government broad powers over the Internet was passed by the upper house of parliament. Opponents of this law fear that it could lead to an increase in online censorship. ...
- Posted on 20/Jul/2012; tagged in China, Iran, Ethiopia, Russia, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Cybercrime and security, Threats to the Open Net, IP blocking
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 15, 2012
On Thursday, the UK Home Department released a draft of the Communications Bill. Home Secretary Theresa May defended the bill saying, “If we stand by as technology changes, we will leave police officers fighting crime with one hand tied behind...
- Posted on 15/Jun/2012; tagged in Iran, United States of America, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Surveillance, Cybercrime and security, Privacy, Anonymity, Data retention, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Tor reports signs of deep packet inspection in Ethiopia
Online anonymity network Tor has reported signs that the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation, the country's only ISP, has begun using deep packet inspection. Writes Runa on the Tor blog:
Reports show that Tor stopped working a week ago -- even with bridges configured....
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: April 27, 2012
ONI releases its annual "Year in Review" report, which details all the most significant cases of Internet censorship and surveillance around the world. Among the most high-profile controversies were the SOPA/PIPA debates in the US Congress and European software firms' cooperation...
- Posted on 27/Apr/2012; tagged in China, Ethiopia, Russia, Asia, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Social filtering
ONI Blog: Ethiopian News Website Blocked
The leading independently-owned Ethiopian news website The Reporter has been blocked for the past five days, as Reporters Without Borders noted on their blog. Since April 21 at around 4:30, the website has been inaccessible to anyone within the country....
ONI Blog: The OpenNet Initiative Presents New Findings in Africa
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released updated reports on Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and new reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009. All four profiles can be accessed at: http://opennet.net/research/regions/ssafrica.
Many governments across sub-Saharan...
- Posted on 01/Oct/2009; tagged in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa, Publications, ONI, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Filtering tech and software
Report: Internet Filtering in Ethiopia in 2006-2007
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Overview
Opponents of the current political regime have increasingly used online media to criticize the government, and Ethiopia has responded by implementing a filtering regime that blocks...
