Legislation
ONI Blog: Turkey: Blogger.com blocked?
Our friends at Global Voices Advocacy have reported that Blogger.com has been added to the list of sites filtered in Turkey. This latest news of filtering comes on the heels of news that Wordpress.com, Richard Dawkins' web site...
- Posted on 26/Oct/2008; tagged in Turkey, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Legislation, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Australia's Filtering Ideals
Under Australia's new Internet filtering scheme, citizens will be unable to opt out of inclusion. Instead, they will be able to choose between two blacklists; one blocks content inappropriate for children, the other blocks illegal material.
Shortly after the plan...
- Posted on 21/Oct/2008; tagged in Australia, Australia/New Zealand, Legislation, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Three Easy Steps to Block Sites in Turkey
In a clear instance of vexatious litigation, a Turkish court has blocked the Web site of prominent evolutionist Richard Dawkins following complaints from Islamic creationist and author Adnan Oktar. Oktar, who writes under the nom de plume Harun Yahya, filed...
- Posted on 25/Sep/2008; tagged in Turkey, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Defamation, Take-down, Social filtering
ONI Blog: Palfrey Testifies on Complying with Foreign Censorship Laws
An increasing number of American companies are being asked to obey censorship and surveillance laws in China that run contrary to free speech and privacy guarantees in the United States. These companies have been asked to monitor Internet users' activities, to give...
- Posted on 11/Jul/2008; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Legislation, Voluntary filtering
ONI Blog: New Domain Names May Aid State Censorship
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the organization that licenses domains like .com and .edu - meets in Paris this week to discuss two proposals which could change the shape of the Internet. The first would create a...
- Posted on 26/Jun/2008; tagged in China, Russia, Asia, Legislation, Anonymity, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Indonesian Government Ratified Internet Law: Death to Bloggers' Voice?
On March 25, the Indonesian government ratified Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) which, in short, means Internet Law. The law regulates everything online under Indonesian government's territory effective April 1. Some highlights of the statute:
Article 10: government has...
ONI Blog: Whack-a-Mole in New York
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on June 10th an “unprecedented deal” with Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint to “block major sources of child pornography.” The political logic of this action is abundantly clear, though it will...
- Posted on 12/Jun/2008; tagged in United States of America, Legislation, Take-down, Voluntary filtering
Report: China's Provisions on the Administration of Internet Audio and Video Programming Services
Unofficial translation of China's "Provisions on the Administration of Internet Audio and Video Programming Services" issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China on...
