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ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: October 15, 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,...
ONI Blog: VeriSign Requests Greater Power Over Domain Names
Ars Technica recently reported that domain operator VeriSign has asked ICANN to give the company more power over monitoring domain names, including the ability to shut down domains at the request of law enforcement. In a move that has riled up...
- Posted on 14/Oct/2011; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 24, 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,...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: August 19, 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 19/Aug/2011; tagged in China, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Geolocational Filtering, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Social filtering
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 17th, 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 17/Jun/2011; tagged in Canada, Iran, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Turkey, Qatar, United States/Canada, Asia, Europe, Arrests and legal action, Circumvention, Cybercrime and security, Geolocational Filtering, Threats to the Open Net, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: United States Faces Legal Challenges to Domain Name Seizures
Puerto 80 Projects, owner of one of Spain’s most popular websites, is suing the United States government for seizing their domains, rojadirecta.com and rojadirecta.org.
These sites were seized on January 31st, 2011 as part of “Operation in Our Sites,” an...
- Posted on 17/Jun/2011; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Take-down, Cybercrime and security
ONI Blog: US Targets Censorship by Repressive Regimes, Introduces New Anti-Piracy Bill
The United States is to invest $19 million in new technology that will target Internet censorship in repressive regimes. The technology, described by US Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner as a “slingshot,” is expected to pinpoint censored material and repost...
- Posted on 17/May/2011; tagged in United States of America
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: May 13, 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,...
ONI Blog: Court Approves 100 Percent of 2010 Surveillance Requests
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved 100 percent of the government’s requests to electronically monitor suspected foreign “agents” or terrorists in the United States in 2010, according to a two-page report released by the Justice Department.
The court, which was set up in...
- Posted on 11/May/2011; tagged in United States of America, Surveillance
ONI Blog: BBC's Application for U.S. State Department Funding Draws American Criticism
UPDATE: In April 2011, the BBC World Service Trust stopped vying for U.S. State Department funding for their efforts to combat censorship in China, Iran, and other countries. The Foundry reported that enough American public outcry at taxpayer money toward the...
- Posted on 31/Mar/2011; tagged in United States of America, United Kingdom, United States/Canada, Europe, Legislation, Political filtering
