Elections
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
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: The Internet and Political Censorship in Mexico
By Firuzeh Shokooh Valle and Renata Ávila
In the past few months, an interesting debate has emerged in Mexico regarding the upcoming federal congressional elections after the electoral reform (a constitutional amendment) of 2007. According to various news reports, ...
- Posted on 05/Mar/2009; tagged in Mexico, Latin America, Arrests and legal action, Elections, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Norooznews.ir: Yahoo email, messenger and group blocked in Iran
ISPs in Iran were ordered to block Yahoo email, messenger, and group sites, reported Iranian Web site Norooznews.ir (Farsi).
The site added that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology refused to acknowledge the reports of the blocking which went into effect...
ONI Blog: Testing for Internet filtering during parliamentary elections in Jordan
ONI found no evidence of Internet tampering in Jordan during the November 20 parliamentary elections despite claims by the main opposition party that the polls were marred by vote-rigging and electoral fraud. ONI, through in-country testers, monitored online activities and accessibility...
- Posted on 25/Nov/2007; tagged in Jordan, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Surveillance, Elections
ONI Blog: Internet Watch Report: The 2007 Presidential Elections in Nigeria
ONI is pleased to release our latest Internet Watch Report, "The 2007 Presidential Election in Nigeria" (here in HTML). The report documents the ONI's efforts monitoring the Internet in Nigeria during elections held in April 2007. ...
ONI Blog: Nigerian Internet Remains Free of Tampering During Tumultuous Elections
Lagos, Nigeria: Nigeria’s local and national elections of April 2007 were marked by widespread charges of fraud and disenfranchisement. A team of election monitors from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) traveled to Nigeria during the elections to test for evidence of Internet tampering....
ONI Blog: OpenNet Initiative to Monitor Internet during the Belarus Presidential Elections
Cambridge (UK), Oxford, Toronto & Cambridge (Mass), 17 March 2006 (ONI). The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is monitoring for disruptions to Internet access during Belarus’ presidential elections this Sunday (19 March 2006). ONI is testing for evidence of filtering and other denials of...
