Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Global Voices blogpost: Flickr users vs. The State
Blogger and Global Voices contributor Sami Ben Gharbia chats with Iranian Hamed Saber about his innovative method for bypassing the ban on Flickr.com -- a popular photo-archive website site blocked in Iran and the UAE. ...
ONI Blog: Dubai free zone will no longer have unfettered Internet access
Internet companies and users in Dubai free zone will go through filtered Internet this year, reported the Gulf News. Currently more than 500 companies based in the free zone enjoy unfettered Internet access unlike the rest of the country. UAE's Telecommunications...
- Posted on 11/Feb/2007; tagged in United Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Internet in Yemen: All roads lead backwards (Yemen Times editorial)
In a recent editorial in the Yemen Times, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) criticized the government-mandated removal of barriers separating users at Internet cafes, calling it a violation of users' privacy rights. According to HRinfo, the...
- Posted on 01/Feb/2007; tagged in Yemen, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Iran: Bloggers rebel at new censorship (IPS)
Journalist and activist Omid Memarian discusses the new registration requirement for websites and weblogs sourced in Iran -- the latest maneuver by the hardliner government to tighten its grip on the Internet. ...
- Posted on 12/Jan/2007; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Egypt arrests blogger for anti-Islamic remarks
A 22-year-old student blogger was arrested by Egyptian security forces for Arabic postings critical of Islam and the government. ...
- Posted on 07/Nov/2006; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Strangling the Net: Iranian Censors Plan to Restrict Broadband Access
Little more than a month ago, the technical head of the Iranian company charged with filtering Internet content in Iran declared that Iran was blocking more than 10 million websites. Not to be outdone, Iranian government officials have countered by...
- Posted on 23/Oct/2006; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: A Censored Network: Iran
Richard Rogers' Govcom.org foundation has been doing cutting edge research on online networks for years, producing visually rich outputs that show connections among major nodes, typically using their issue crawler tool.
We at the OpenNet Initiative have entered into a...
- Posted on 19/Jun/2006; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
ONI Blog: Arabic Version of Internet Filtering in Yemen 2004-2005 Released
ONI today released the Arabic translation of its country study on Yemen's Internet filtering system in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
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ONI Blog: ONI Releases Country Study on Yemen
Today, ONI releases the latest in its series of country studies that document Internet filtering by states worldwide. The report on Yemen notes that the state uses filtering technology from an American company, Websense, to control access to Internet...
Report: Internet Filtering in Yemen in 2004-2005: A Country Study
PDF Version
1. Executive Summary
2. Political, Technical, and Legal Context in Yemen
A. Sensitive / Controversial Topics for Media Coverage
B. Internet Infrastructure and Access
C. Legal Background
3. Testing Methodology
A. Methods
B. Results Analysis
C. Methods Specific...
- Posted on 01/Mar/2006; tagged in United Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Publications
