Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Report: Internet Filtering in Bahrain in 2006-2007
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Bahrain is one of the most connected countries in terms of the Internet in the Middle East and maintains a liberal Internet filtering regime relative to the...
Report: Internet Filtering in Algeria in 2006-2007
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Although Internet access in Algeria is not restricted by filtering, the state controls the Internet infrastructure and regulates content by other means. Internet users and Internet service...
Report: Internet Filtering in Libya - 2006-2007
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Libya continues to block Internet content related to political opposition, content critical of the government, and Web sites that advocate the rights of the minority group Amazigh...
ONI Blog: ONI releases new survey of Internet filtering and surveillance in Iran
Last week, as Iranian voters went to the polls to elect the country's next president, the Iranian government blocked access to number of political Web sites, as well as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Yesterday the OpenNet Initiative profiled the extent of this...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Elections, Publications
Report: Internet Filtering in Iran in 2006-2007
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Overview
Since 2000—in the midst of a media crackdown that has seen the judiciary close more than 100 publications, inspiring widespread self-censorship—the Islamic Republic of Iran has installed...
ONI Blog: Cracking Down on Digital Communication and Political Organizing in Iran
By Rob Faris and Rebekah Heacock
The Internet and mobile phones have taken on a major role in Iranian politics over the last several months. As protests over the contested election results continue in Iran, the government has dramatically increased its control...
ONI Blog: Iranians Regain Access to Facebook After Day-Long Ban
Iranians regained access to Facebook and Twitter following a one-day government-imposed ban last week, CNN News reports. Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated that he had not called for the ban, adding that he believes “in maximum freedom of expression.”
The...
- Posted on 01/Jun/2009; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering
ONI Blog: UAE: An Expanding Censorship Regime?
Dubai police are pursuing a plan to censor upwards of 500 search terms deemed offensive in an effort to block access to certain websites, AME Info reports. Though no progress has yet been made, according to Lieutenant General...
- Posted on 31/May/2009; tagged in United Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Egypt Bans Pornography Web sites
An Egyptian court has recently banned pornography Web sites, labeling them "venomous and vile," according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Egypt, which strictly bans offline pornography, already has a regulation which requires Internet cafe users to sign a form saying...
- Posted on 12/May/2009; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Obscenity, Circumvention, Social filtering
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
