Europe
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: January 27, 2012
After Wikipedia went dark for a day to protest SOPA and PIPA, the bills lost support, with 19 senators backing out. PIPA co-sponsor Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) blamed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for "pushing forward with a flawed bill...
- Posted on 27/Jan/2012; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Europe, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Russian Communication Minister Criticizes SOPA
Russian communication minister Igor Shchyogolev recently published an op-ed piece in Russian newspaper Vedomosti that condemns the SOPA bill as a censorship tool. Shchyogolev critiqued the business impacts of proposal, saying, "It is impossible to block and censor the...
ONI Blog: Polish Websites Attacked After Government Signs ACTA
While United States Congressional members have been experiencing uproar with the SOPA/PIPA controversy, Poland's gotten into its own legislative crisis regarding a different Internet censorship bill. Immediately following the government's announcement of its planned signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, several public...
- Posted on 24/Jan/2012; tagged in Europe, Legislation
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: January 6, 2012
Iran's parliament has recently proposed to implement stricter controls over the Internet, including placing blog posts, comments, and text messages under the same surveillance as mainstream media. In attempts to create a "national" and "clean" Internet, the Iranian government is acting...
- Posted on 06/Jan/2012; tagged in Iran, United States of America, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Copyright, Surveillance, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Illegal Torrenting Traced to French Presidential Residence
Reports that illegal torrenting traced to Sarkozy's Elysée Palace surfaced last month. French blog Nikopik recently revealed that six instances of torrenting were detected in the IP range (62.160.71.0 – 62.160.71.255) that covered the French president's residence in Paris. The torrented...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: December 9, 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 09/Dec/2011; tagged in India, Russia, United States/Canada, Asia, Europe, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Russian Websites Come Under DDoS Attack on Election Day
Several Russian websites came under DDoS attack during the country's national elections beginning last week. On December 1, a few political websites were taken down, and in the days following, prominent news portals including NewTimes.ru and the Russian News Service were...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: November 4, 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 04/Nov/2011; tagged in China, United States of America, Syria, United Kingdom, Gaza and the West Bank, United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Take-down, Cybercrime and security, Threats to the Open Net, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: US Intelligence Report Calls China and Russia Biggest Cyber Espionage Threats
A recently released report by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive labels China the “world’s most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage,” according to the Council of Foreign Relations. The report also calls Russia one of the biggest cyber...
- Posted on 03/Nov/2011; tagged in China, United States of America, Russia, United States/Canada, Asia, Europe, Cybercrime and security
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: October 21, 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 21/Oct/2011; tagged in United States of America, Libya, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe
