Asia
ONI Blog: The New York Times: The Internet black hole that is North Korea
Tom Zeller Jr. of The New York Times writes: "While other restrictive regimes have sought to find ways to limit the Internet — through filters and blocks and threats — North Korea has chosen to stay wholly off the grid." ...
- Posted on 26/Oct/2006; tagged in North Korea, Asia
ONI Blog: Vietnam: Internet repression creates climate of fear
"A new report released [Oct. 22, 2006] by Amnesty International reveals a climate of fear in Viet Nam, with people afraid to post information online and Internet café owners forced to inform on their customers." See AI press release and...
ONI Blog: China considering blogger registration system
In response to media reports, the Internet Society of China (ISC) confirmed that a blogger registration system was being considered by the Ministry of Information Industry, though no official policies have been made. The system would require all bloggers--including...
ONI Blog: China: Users take aim at China Telecom software
Radio Free Asia reports: "Broadband customers across China have [lashed] out at software provided by the country’s biggest Internet Service Provider (ISP), saying it limits their autonomy online. Forums and chatrooms have been buzzing with annoyed comments from customers of...
ONI Blog: Chinese city to fine web satirists
"The price of Internet satire in China is going up. A major Chinese city is threatening to fine web surfers up to $625 for online defamation amid a surge in short satirical Internet films, an official news report said Monday." ...
ONI Blog: China: Cyber-dissident receives four-year prison sentence
As reported by the South China Morning Post, Chinese cyber-dissident Guo Qizhen "was jailed for four years for subversion on Tuesday after posting politically sensitive essays on the Internet." Reporters Without Borders has condemned the sentence, "the eighth...
ONI Blog: India, Orkut, and the 'balance of information'
On October 10, 2006, Indian media reported that a two-judge panel of the Bombay High Court has directed the state government of Maharashtra to issue notice to Google for “alleged spread of hatred about India by its social network service 'Orkut'.”...
ONI Blog: China: Blogs of Tibetan Intellectual Closed
Human Rights Watch has reported the closure of blogs maintained by the Tibetan intellectual Oeser, "the first Tibetan writer inside the mainland to openly raise in Chinese critical questions about China's role in Tibet and to urge Beijing to negotiate...
ONI Blog: Thailand: Thai Rak Thai Party Website Restored
After a day of inaccessibility on Oct. 2, the website of the Thai Rak Thai party (www.thairakthai.or.th) was back online on Oct. 3. According to Bangkok's The Nation, the restored website "plays up the resignation letter of former...
ONI Blog: Thailand: Midnight University Website Shut Down in Wake of Protest
As reported by the Bangkok newspaper The Nation, the online academic forum Midnight University (www.midnightuniv.org) was shut down by Thailand's Information and Communications Technology Ministry on September 29, one day after five Chiang Mai University scholars tore up an imitation...
