Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Background Located in the heart of the Caucasus region, and situated between Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran, Armenia relies on diplomacy in order to overcome political and economic isolation. Because of its unique geographical situation—and unlike most former Soviet countries—Armenia has traditionally been...

- Posted on 17/Nov/2010; tagged in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2009 Year in Review: Filtering, Surveillance, Information Warfare

The OpenNet Initiative is proud to release its 2009 Year in Review, a look into instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the world in 2009. The events of 2009 demonstrated a global rise in third-generation Internet controls. ...

- Posted on 03/Feb/2010; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Legislation, Non-filtering content restrictions, Obscenity, Search result removal, Human rights, Cybercrime and security, Publications, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Internet tools filtering, Voluntary filtering, Reverse filtering, Overblocking, DNS tampering, IP blocking, Proxy blocking, Filtering tech and software

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

ONI Blog: Turkmenistan Blocking YouTube and Livejournal

This post is a translation from the original Russian article at Lenta.ru. Turkmenistan blocked access to YouTube video services and service for bloggers, LiveJournal, says Ferghana.Ru news agency. According to the agency, the decision adopted state company "Turkmen", which is the only provider...

- Posted on 27/Dec/2009; tagged in Turkmenistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Social 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: 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: No Internet Porn in Belarus

Not a single porn website could be found in the Belarus part of the Internet, according to the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs [ru]. The head of the ministry’s high technology crime counteraction unit said that most porn is located on...

- Posted on 25/Feb/2009; tagged in Belarus, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Obscenity, Social 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: Livejournal.com Inaccessible in Kazakhstan

Bloggers in Kazakhstan are having difficulty accessing popular blogging platform Livejournal. It was reported widely on Friday that Livejournal.com was inaccessible. The Moscow Times said of the alleged block: Internet users in Kazakhstan complained of censorship on Friday after being...

- Posted on 15/Oct/2008; tagged in Kazakhstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Political filtering

ONI Blog: Three Easy Steps to Block Sites in Turkey

In a clear instance of vexatious litigation, a Turkish court has blocked the Web site of prominent evolutionist Richard Dawkins following complaints from Islamic creationist and author Adnan Oktar. Oktar, who writes under the nom de plume Harun Yahya, filed...

- Posted on 25/Sep/2008; tagged in Turkey, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Defamation, Take-down, Social filtering