Asia
ONI Blog: China Olympics update: more free for more people, but not free for all
In one week’s time, an international uproar over the filtering of politically sensitive websites at the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) appears to have resulted in a more open Internet-and not only for foreign journalists. On August 1, a marquee list of...
ONI Blog: OpenNet to Closely Monitor Chinese Internet Filtering
Seven years ago, during China's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese government promised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a more open China, with unfettered Internet access for foreign journalists being used as a prime example...
ONI Blog: Ban ‘suicide chat rooms’
The father of an 18-year-old, who accessed "suicide chat rooms" on the internet before killing himself, has called for a law to ban them in the UK.
Six years after his son Simon Kelly died, Paul Kelly is still angry...
ONI Blog: Testing Unblocked Foreign Websites inside China
Some signs have indicated that Chinese government is loosening the Internet censorship before the start of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. According to reports , the Chinese government has stopped restricting access to the Chinese Wikipedia in China...
ONI Blog: China’s Net Nannies in full force after riot in Southern China
China has tightened control on online information concerning a massive riot in southern China that heightened security concerns just 39 days before the start of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Last weekend, about 30,000 angry residents in Weng'an...
ONI Blog: Burmese regulations for cybercafes stringent as expected
ONI has obtained a copy of regulations for the operation of cybercafes in Burma. Since March 2006, the Burmese government has been 'encouraging' the growing number of cybercafes to become licensed as public access centers (PACs) under the management of Myanmar...
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: South Korea considering closer watch on Internet after mass protests
After weeks of tumultuous protests inspired largely by South Korea’s young netizens, this country, one of the most wired and technology savvy in the world, is considering new ways to monitor the Internet.
In April, South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak’s decision...
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: China Blocks Activist Website Post-Earthquake
Those who were hopeful that the seeming opening of China’s media channels after the Sichuan earthquake heralded new openness overall will be disappointed to learn that the Chinese government has blocked a democratic activist group’s new website.
Human Rights in China (HRIC)...
