Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: ONI Releases Reports on Filtering in Asia, China
New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Burma, China, India, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Japan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Asia, Non-filtering content restrictions, Surveillance, Publications, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Internet tools filtering, Voluntary filtering, IP blocking
ONI Blog: UK: Plan to Monitor Internet Communication
In an effort to “modernize” police tactics and surveillance, UK’s home secretary has called for the implementation of a system that records internet contact between users, according to BBC News.
This comes in the wake of Britain’s ruling out...
- Posted on 07/May/2009; tagged in United Kingdom, Europe, Surveillance, Conflict and security filtering, Internet tools filtering
ONI Blog: India: Maharashtra Wants Censorship of Google Earth
According to reports in The Hindu, India’s Maharashtra government is revisiting legal options to censor Google Earth in the wake of the program’s alleged use in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Curbing the use of Google Earth...
- Posted on 12/Mar/2009; tagged in India, Asia, ONI, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Middle East countries continue to censor content deemed offensive to Muslims
Countries in the Middle East continue to block online content deemed offensive to Muslims. The latest example comes from the United Arab Emirates which blocked access this week to the Web site Ahmed and Salim, an Israeli Web site which...
- Posted on 01/Mar/2009; tagged in United Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Hate speech, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Knocking Kyrgyzstan Offline
From January 18th until the end of the month, major Kyrgyz Internet service providers serving 80% of the nation’s Internet users were under a major hackers’ attack essentially leaving the country offline. SecureWorks suggested (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310906904622741.html?mod=WSJ_TimesEMEA) that the DDoS attack was organized by...
- Posted on 27/Feb/2009; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Update: Google Earth and the Mumbai Terror Attacks
In early December 2008, an Indian court was convened to ban Google Earth amid suggestions that the online satellite imaging was used to aid terrorists in planning the November terror attacks in Mumbai. According to late January reports in the ...
- Posted on 08/Feb/2009; tagged in India, Asia, ONI, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: India: Petition to block Google Earth
According to reports published in The Register and The Times of London, an Indian court has been called to ban Google Earth in response to intelligence indicating that the satellite imaging was used in planning November’s terrorist attack’s...
- Posted on 20/Dec/2008; tagged in India, Asia, Legislation, ONI, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Burma Steps Up Internet Restrictions
According to news reports, Burma’s military government has taken further steps to restrict citizen access to the Internet by silencing dissidents and stepping up raids on Internet cafes. Hacker attacks originating from Russia, China, and Singapore blocked access to four...
- Posted on 27/Oct/2008; tagged in Burma, Asia, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Turkey: Blogger.com blocked?
Our friends at Global Voices Advocacy have reported that Blogger.com has been added to the list of sites filtered in Turkey. This latest news of filtering comes on the heels of news that Wordpress.com, Richard Dawkins' web site...
- Posted on 26/Oct/2008; tagged in Turkey, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Legislation, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Cyber war brings down influential Shiite Web sites
ONI is currently monitoring a cyber war waged by a group of Sunni Muslims who managed to hack significant Shiite and Iranian Web sites, the number of which has reached 300, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency. The agency...
- Posted on 20/Sep/2008; tagged in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Conflict and security filtering
