Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: OpenNet Initiative releases Green Dam evaluation
The news that China will begin requiring all computers sold in the country to include Internet filtering software has sparked waves of commentary on topics ranging from legal challenges to human rights issues to concerns about security and...
- Posted on 12/Jun/2009; tagged in China, Asia, Publications, Social filtering, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: China to require Web filters on all PCs
Less than a week after blocking access to a host of prominent web services in preparation for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, multiple media sources are reporting that on July 1 China will begin requiring all computers...
ONI Blog: Iran and Web Proxies
Iran’s Internet censorship regime is generally accepted to be one of the most aggressive in the world, yet according to the New York Times, by autumn 2008, more than 400,000 Iranians were able to access an uncensored web thanks to a...
- Posted on 06/May/2009; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Circumvention, Internet tools filtering, Proxy blocking, Filtering tech and software
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
ONI Blog: Google: No Intention to Censor UAE's Internet
According to reports in Business Intelligence—Middle East, Google has no intention of engaging in an Internet censorship program with the United Arab Emirates.
Google admitted to having recently met with Dubai Police authorities along with several other “entities spanning government,...
- Posted on 20/Apr/2009; tagged in United Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Social filtering, Internet tools filtering, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Errors in Australia's Filtering Regime
Based partially on a top-secret blacklist of websites, Australia’s program of Internet filtration is still in full force. Government censorship recently resurfaced in the media when Australia’s Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, admitted that certain images were added to the blacklist in...
- Posted on 19/Apr/2009; tagged in Australia, Australia/New Zealand, ONI, Social filtering, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Geofiltering: How to Alienate Business Customers Without Really Trying
Many a DVD collector over the years has been disappointed upon learning that their rare DVD from Taiwan or France can't be played on their American DVD player. Just as DVD region codes limit viewing to a geographic area, the geofiltering...
- Posted on 03/Mar/2009; tagged in India, United States of America, Pakistan, United States/Canada, Asia, Geolocational Filtering, Reverse filtering, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Launch of M-Lab as Net Neutrality Tool
The recent launch of Measurement Lab (M-Lab) provides consumers, regulators, and content providers with the details about their network’s performance, according to CNET. Backed by Google, the New America Foundation (affiliated with the Democratic Party), and the PlanetLab consortium, M-Lab...
- Posted on 12/Feb/2009; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, ONI, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Google Executives on Trial in Italy
According to reports in the New York Times, four Google executives are on trial in Milan for charges of defamation and privacy violation regarding a video posted on Google’s Italian website.
The case pertains to a three-minute cell phone video...
- Posted on 10/Feb/2009; tagged in Italy, Europe, Arrests and legal action, Take-down, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: SonicWALL Filters Harmless Sites
It is the right of private companies to block access to certain sites for their employees or customers, certainly. But in the United States, some customers of Panera Bread, a popular nationwide chain restaurant that offers free wifi, are frustrated. ...
- Posted on 04/Feb/2009; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Overblocking, Filtering tech and software
