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Categories: United States/Canada,
Asia,
Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),
Europe,
Latin America,
Sub-Saharan Africa,
Australia/New Zealand,
Legislation,
Non-filtering content restrictions,
Obscenity,
Search result removal,
Human rights,
Cybercrime and security,
Publications,
ONI,
Political filtering,
Social filtering,
Conflict and security filtering,
Internet tools filtering,
Voluntary filtering,
Reverse filtering,
Overblocking,
DNS tampering,
IP blocking,
Proxy blocking,
Filtering tech and software
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to release its 2009 Year in Review, a look into cases of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the world in 2009. From the Iran's Internet crackdown to Vietnam blocking Facebook, the events of 2009 demonstrated a global rise in third-generation Internet controls.
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Categories: North Korea,
Iraq,
Germany,
Russia,
Australia,
United Kingdom,
Asia,
Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),
Europe,
Latin America,
Sub-Saharan Africa,
Australia/New Zealand,
Human rights,
Political filtering,
Social filtering,
Conflict and security filtering,
Overblocking,
IP blocking,
Proxy blocking
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has been monitoring Internet filtering around the world since 2002. Currently, more than 40 countries are filtering the Internet to varying degrees, while a number of others, including Australia, Iraq, and Spain, are considering enacting filtering policies. So, just how many people are censored online around the world? The number we have come up with is 563,018,414.
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Jordan has long stood out as a beacon in a region of heavy Internet filtering. Bordered by--among others--Syria and Saudi Arabia, two of the Middle East's worst offenders, Jordan has filtered only one Web site, arabtimes.com, for the past decade.
That is all about to change.
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Following Google's decision, published on the Official Google Blog, to stop filtering search results on Google.cn, it appears that the Great Firewall is now blocking "Google Blog" as a search term.
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In an announcement made January 12, 2010, Google stated that it would no longer submit to the Chinese government's requirements that it censor results on Google.cn. The decision could have far-reaching implications.
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Over the past few weeks, reports have trickled in to Herdict and via Twitter, alerting us of the filtering of individual Twitter pages in Tunisia and Bahrain (as well as, possibly, China). The filtering shows these governments' capability to silence individual voices whilst keeping open an important social networking channel.
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Turkmenistan blocked access to YouTube video services and service for bloggers, LiveJournal, says Ferghana.Ru news agency.
According to the agency, the decision adopted state company "Turkmen", which is the only provider in the country.
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As celebrated today
on iTWire, Australian and international activists are fighting Australia's impending filtering policy on Twitter. Users opposing the filter are using the hashtag
#nocleanfeed to disseminate information, and to fight against the filter.
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According to an AP report, access to Facebook in Vietnam has been intermittent over the past week, with many users fearing a government block.
Facebook has over 1 million users in Vietnam, a considerable amount in a country with 22 million Internet users total, or about 25% of the total population.
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Categories: China,
Egypt,
ONI
Whilst attending the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the OpenNet Initiative (along with partners of ONI Asia) gathered to present their upcoming book, Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace. A poster advertising the book was hung for the reception; UN security officials requested removal of the poster, which contained mention of China's "Great Firewall." When ONI officials refused to remove the poster, UN security bundled up the poster and took it away.
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Today, on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, protesters once again charged into the streets, some protesting the June Iranian elections, others, pro-government supports chanting anti-American slogans. Reports from Iran indicate that, in the wake of the protests, Internet filtering is again on the rise.
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The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released updated reports on Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and new reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009. All four profiles can be accessed at:
http://opennet.net/research/regions/ssafrica.
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The OpenNet Initiative recently released new profiles for a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including updates of previously researched countries. One such country is Oman, which has a reputation for overblocking amongst some activists.
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Is filtering in schools the answer? That's the question being asked across the United States. Although it is required by federal law to filter pornographic and other obscene content, many K-12 schools are choosing to also filter social networks, video sites like YouTube, sexual education sites, and other potentially valuable content, much to the chagrin of some educators.
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Following the release of ONI's research on Internet filtering in the Middle East and North Africa, including on Yemen's use of commercially available software for government filtering, Websense, a U.S.-based filtering software company, has barred the government of Yemen from downloading software updates.
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to release its 2009 Year in Review, a look into cases of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the world in 2009. From the Iran's Internet crackdown to Vietnam blocking Facebook, the events of 2009 demonstrated a global rise in third-generation Internet controls.0 comment(s)
As celebrated today on iTWire, Australian and international activists are fighting Australia's impending filtering policy on Twitter. Users opposing the filter are using the hashtag #nocleanfeed to disseminate information, and to fight against the filter.
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released updated reports on Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and new reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009. All four profiles can be accessed at: http://opennet.net/research/regions/ssafrica.
The OpenNet Initiative recently released new profiles for a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including updates of previously researched countries. One such country is Oman, which has a reputation for overblocking amongst some activists.
Is filtering in schools the answer? That's the question being asked across the United States. Although it is required by federal law to filter pornographic and other obscene content, many K-12 schools are choosing to also filter social networks, video sites like YouTube, sexual education sites, and other potentially valuable content, much to the chagrin of some educators.
