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After years of pervasive filtering, Tunisia has shut off its censors...but will it last?
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In this week's roundup...a profile of Tor, no censorship for Malaysia, the UN mulls over tighter Internet regulations, and more...
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As WikiLeaks dominates the media, members of the ONI team have shared their thoughts. Read more from PIs John Palfrey, Jonathan Zittrain, and Ron Deibert, as well as thoughts from ONI staffers.
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Asia,
Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
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Legislation,
Non-filtering content restrictions,
Arrests and legal action,
Threats to the Open Net
In this week's roundup...A blogger released, Chinese high-level hackers, Venezuela's regulation of the 'Net, and more...
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In this week's roundup: U.S. government seizes 82 domains, Facebook deactivates the accounts of pro-democracy groups in Egypt, Amazon pulls Wikileaks, and more...
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Less than a week after the media declared YouTube accessible in Turkey, the country has again blocked the site, this time in response to a video purportedly showing former opposition leader Deniz Baykal in a hotel room with a woman who is not his wife.
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YouTube has been banned in Turkey since 2007. Now, for the first time in two years, the popular video-sharing site is once again accessible in Turkey. Since the site was unblocked, however, videos that were the initial impetus for the censorship have been restored. Will the unblocking be short-lived or will Turkey stand by this step toward Internet freedom?
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Blogger David Sasaki offers a picture of Internet censorship and freedom of expression in Latin America, taking a close look at third generation controls.
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"As the Internet is increasingly international, we increasingly need to look for international solutions," posits ONI's Rob Faris, discussing content regulation at Google's Liberty at 2010 conference in Budapest, Hungary on September 21, 2010.
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Two op-eds this week argue for and against filtering as a means of protecting children from cyberbullying. Although all parties agree that parents need to take responsibility for children's online activities, some Australians believe that a filter would further protect young people online.
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Following the creation of a Facebook page called "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day," a Pakistani court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block the page until 31 May.
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Controversy is brewing over a Japanese rape-simulation game that is freely accessible online; some are suggesting that search-result filtering might be the answer. Are they right?
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In January of 2010, following attacks on Google's corporate infrastructure originating from China, Google made the fateful decision to stop censoring results on its Chinese-language Google.cn site. Just a few days ago, Google finally made good on its promise, shutting down its filter and redirecting traffic to Google.com.hk, Google's unfiltered site hosted in the Hong Kong SAR.
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A new OpenNet Initiative report entitled "Sex, Social Mores, and Keyword Filtering: Microsoft Bing in the 'Arabian Countries'", explores Bing's practice of filtering sex and LGBT content across the Arab world.
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In 2008, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority blocked YouTube in what was said to be a reaction to a trailer of Geert Wilder's film "Fitna" hosted on the video-sharing site. The ban was reversed soon afterward, and since then, Pakistani users have enjoyed unfettered access to YouTube...until now.
After years of pervasive filtering, Tunisia has shut off its censors...but will it last?0 comment(s)
In this week's roundup...a profile of Tor, no censorship for Malaysia, the UN mulls over tighter Internet regulations, and more...
As WikiLeaks dominates the media, members of the ONI team have shared their thoughts. Read more from PIs John Palfrey, Jonathan Zittrain, and Ron Deibert, as well as thoughts from ONI staffers.
In this week's roundup...A blogger released, Chinese high-level hackers, Venezuela's regulation of the 'Net, and more...
In this week's roundup: U.S. government seizes 82 domains, Facebook deactivates the accounts of pro-democracy groups in Egypt, Amazon pulls Wikileaks, and more...
Less than a week after the media declared YouTube accessible in Turkey, the country has again blocked the site, this time in response to a video purportedly showing former opposition leader Deniz Baykal in a hotel room with a woman who is not his wife.
YouTube has been banned in Turkey since 2007. Now, for the first time in two years, the popular video-sharing site is once again accessible in Turkey. Since the site was unblocked, however, videos that were the initial impetus for the censorship have been restored. Will the unblocking be short-lived or will Turkey stand by this step toward Internet freedom?
Blogger David Sasaki offers a picture of Internet censorship and freedom of expression in Latin America, taking a close look at third generation controls.
"As the Internet is increasingly international, we increasingly need to look for international solutions," posits ONI's Rob Faris, discussing content regulation at Google's Liberty at 2010 conference in Budapest, Hungary on September 21, 2010.
Two op-eds this week argue for and against filtering as a means of protecting children from cyberbullying. Although all parties agree that parents need to take responsibility for children's online activities, some Australians believe that a filter would further protect young people online.
Following the creation of a Facebook page called "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day," a Pakistani court ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block the page until 31 May.
Controversy is brewing over a Japanese rape-simulation game that is freely accessible online; some are suggesting that search-result filtering might be the answer. Are they right?
A new OpenNet Initiative report entitled "Sex, Social Mores, and Keyword Filtering: Microsoft Bing in the 'Arabian Countries'", explores Bing's practice of filtering sex and LGBT content across the Arab world.
