Oman
Country Profile: Oman
Background
One of the more traditional countries in the Middle East, Oman is a monarchy under the rule of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who took on the role of prime minister and heads the foreign, defense and finance ministries,“Country profile: Oman,” BBC News,...
- Posted on 06/Aug/2009; tagged in Oman, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Routing Gone Wild: Documenting upstream filtering in Oman via India
Crossposted from the Citizen Lab blog.
Key Findings
Data collected from Oman shows that web filtering applied by India-based ISPs is restricting access to content for customers of an ISP in Oman. While unusual, content filtering undertaken in one political jurisdiction can have...
Report: West Censoring East: The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-2011
March 2011
Authored by Helmi Noman and Jillian C. York.
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Executive Summary
The OpenNet Initiative has documented network filtering of the Internet by national governments in over forty countries worldwide. Countries use this network filtering...
- Posted on 28/Mar/2011; tagged in Bahrain, Canada, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Social filtering, Internet tools filtering, Voluntary filtering, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Overblocking in Oman
The OpenNet Initiative recently released new profiles for a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including updates of previously researched countries.
In one such country, Oman, our research found there to be significant social filtering, as well as...
- Posted on 08/Sep/2009; tagged in Oman, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Social filtering, Overblocking, Filtering tech and software
Report: Internet Filtering in Oman in 2006-2007
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Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Oman.
Background
Oman is a monarchy, with Sultan Qaboos bin Said exercising absolute power and the bicameral Majlis Oman (Council of Oman) acting in a mostly advisory position. Although...
