Iraq
Country Profile: Iraq
Background
The security situation in Iraq has been unstable since the beginning of the United States-led removal of President Saddam Hussein in 2003.“Country profile: Iraq,” BBC News, July 1, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/791014.stm. Sectarian tensions and continued insurgency targeting both civilians and...
- Posted on 10/Aug/2009; tagged in Iraq, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: More than half a billion Internet users are being filtered worldwide
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has been monitoring Internet filtering around the world since 2002. Currently, more than 40 countries are filtering the Internet to varying degrees, while a number of others, including Australia, Iraq, and Spain, are considering enacting filtering policies....
- Posted on 19/Jan/2010; tagged in North Korea, Iraq, Germany, Russia, Australia, United Kingdom, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Human rights, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Overblocking, IP blocking, Proxy blocking
Report: Internet Filtering in Iraq in 2006-2007
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Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Iraq.
Overview
Iraq does not have a declared Internet filtering policy, nor is there evidence of Internet filtering practiced by the state Internet service provider (ISP). However, ongoing conflict...
ONI Blog: Technology Executives Visit Iraq
According to BBC News reports, top executives from major Internet companies including Google, YouTube, Twitter, Howcast, and Meetup visited Iraq last week in order to assess how their technologies might assist in the ongoing fight against corruption.
The companies will...
- Posted on 27/Apr/2009; tagged in Iraq, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Filtering tech and software
