Uzbekistan
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 27, 2012
The Beijing police have announced a successful "clean-up" of the web, in which ten thousand internet cafes were inspected, five thousand people were arrested for Internet crime, and seven thousand web site administrators were punished. The police described the clean-up as...
- Posted on 26/Jul/2012; tagged in China, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Asia, Europe, Arrests and legal action, Surveillance, Publications, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: CPJ Ranks Ten Most Censored Countries
In preparation for World Press Freedom Day, the Committee to Protect Journalists published its findings on the most censored countries in the world. The top three countries with the most press restrictions and least access to media information were revealed to...
- Posted on 03/May/2012; tagged in Belarus, Burma, Cuba, Guinea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Syria, Guinea, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Legislation, Circumvention, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Social filtering, Internet tools filtering
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 2, 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 02/Sep/2011; tagged in China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Non-filtering content restrictions, Privacy, Geolocational Filtering, Threats to the Open Net
Report: Internet Filtering in Uzbekistan in 2006-2007
Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profile: Uzbekistan.
To read this report as a PDF, click here.
Overview
Among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, Uzbekistan is the undisputed leader in applying Internet controls. Filtering is pervasive...
- Posted on 01/Aug/2011; tagged in Uzbekistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: Livejournal Blocked in Uzbekistan
Uzbek information agency Fergana.ru reported that national Internet service providers blocked access to the most popular blogging service in the country. According to the allegations, the website was blocked because of pictures of a local entrepreneur posted on Livejournal user’s blog....
- Posted on 27/Feb/2009; tagged in Uzbekistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Social filtering, Overblocking
ONI Blog: Central Asian governments continue to clamp down on the Internet – I
The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, officially started his third presidential term on January 16, 2008. The outcome of the elections was of surprise to no one as there is no real opposition in the country. According to the President’s administration, the...
- Posted on 04/Feb/2008; tagged in Uzbekistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: Uzbekistan: Internet hit by media law change (NBCentralAsia)
On January 15, an amended media law came into force in Uzbekistan that defines websites as media outlets, giving the government greater dominion over the Internet and reportedly resulting in censorship by service providers. ...
- Posted on 02/Feb/2007; tagged in Uzbekistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: Uzbekistan: We lack the capacities to restrict access to Internet
Uzbek Foreign Minister Eljer Ganiyev says that Uzbekistan "lack[s] the capacities and technical abilities to restrict [Internet] access". This statement was reportedly met with sneers. Uzbekistan, in fact, blocks access to many websites critical of the Karimov government. ...
- Posted on 04/Jun/2005; tagged in Uzbekistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
