Data retention

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 15, 2012

On Thursday, the UK Home Department released a draft of the Communications Bill. Home Secretary Theresa May defended the bill saying, “If we stand by as technology changes, we will leave police officers fighting crime with one hand tied behind...

- Posted on 15/Jun/2012; tagged in Iran, United States of America, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Surveillance, Cybercrime and security, Privacy, Anonymity, Data retention, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Filtering tech and software

ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2011 Year in Review

The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2011 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe. Starting domestically, 2011 saw the beginnings of SOPA and PIPA, bills...

- Posted on 23/Apr/2012; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Take-down, Search result removal, Human rights, Circumvention, Surveillance, Elections, Privacy, Data retention, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Internet tools filtering, Voluntary filtering, IP blocking, Filtering tech and software

ONI Blog: UK Accuses Iran of Blocking British Diplomatic Website

Three days after the British government launched the website "UK for Iranians," the site was blocked promptly in Tehran, Reuters reports. British Foreign Secretary William Hague was featured on the website in a video with giving a message to Iranians....

- Posted on 28/Mar/2012; tagged in Iran, United Kingdom, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Data retention, Political filtering

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 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/Sep/2011; tagged in China, Iran, South Korea, Russia, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Data retention, Geolocational Filtering, Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: As Europe Responds to Norway Attacks, Calls for Internet Monitoring Emerge

Co-authored by Jane Abell. Throughout Europe, calls for increased Internet surveillance have emerged in response to the July 22, 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway. Police and security forces hope that by keeping a closer eye on online activities, they will be able...

- Posted on 03/Aug/2011; tagged in Turkey, Germany, Europe, Legislation, Hate speech, Data retention, Political filtering

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 29, 2011

- Posted on 29/Jul/2011; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Take-down, Surveillance, Data retention, Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: Republican Rep Opposes FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal in Congress

Today, Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn slammed Federal Communication Commission's new proposal on net neutrality and argued against the government's attempts to regulate the Internet. During the State of the Net conference, the Tennessee representative who also serves on the House's...

- Posted on 18/Jan/2011; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Legislation, Data retention, Social filtering, IP blocking

ONI Blog: McDonald's Blocks Gay Websites in New Zealand

News sources in New Zealand have reported that McDonald's may be actively censoring gay and lesbian online content in the country. The fast food chain's Wi-Fi network has come under attack from New Zealand's gay community for its apparent blocking...

- Posted on 17/Jan/2011; tagged in New Zealand, Australia/New Zealand, Obscenity, Take-down, Data retention, Social filtering

ONI Blog: Sex-Positive vb.ly Taken Down by Libyan Domain Provider

URL shortening website vb.ly has been disabled by Libyan authorities after domain registry NIC.ly (also known as Lybia Spider) ruled that it had violated its terms and conditions. Headed by Ben Metcalfe and Violet Blue since August 2009,...

- Posted on 10/Oct/2010; tagged in Libya, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Obscenity, Take-down, Data retention, Internet tools filtering, DNS tampering

ONI Blog: Can they hear me now? (On ICT regulations, governments, and transparency)

On February 11, Vodafone's global head of content standards, Annie Mullins, revealed that Vodafone handed over communications data to the Egyptian authorities in response to government demands. This data may have been used to help identify rioters who were...

- Posted on 24/Feb/2009; tagged in Egypt, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Surveillance, Privacy, Data retention