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ONI Blog: New SecDev Report: "Collusion and collision: Searching for guidance in Chinese cyberspace"
The SecDev Group is pleased to release Collusion and collision: Searching for guidance in Chinese cyberspace, a new report on the ethical issues US technology companies face in China. The report examines how companies have struggled to balance ethical and economic...
ONI Blog: Burma's Government Unblocks Foreign Websites Including YouTube
In a surprising political move, Burma’s government recently unblocked a number of foreign websites, marking a change from its usual authoritarian control over the Burmese Internet. The Telegraph reported last week that the unblocked sites comprise mostly international media companies, including...
ONI Blog: Thai Internet Regulation May Curtail Its Economic Potential
Giant Internet companies spoke out this week about what they see as an ongoing and "dangerous" development for the Thailand Internet economy. Four years ago, the Thai government introduced Internet monitoring laws to combat fraud. But opponents of the heightened regulation...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 16, 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: Chinese Government Renews Google License Despite Recent Stricter Internet Control
It's been a busy week for the Chinese government in terms of Internet patrol. On Wednesday, the government renewed Google's Internet Content Provider license for another year, as confirmed in a Google rep's email, and granted the tech mammoth an...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: September 9, 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: September 2, 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: Gaga Over Censorship in China
The Chinese government recently announced that it would no longer allow songs from artists like Lady Gaga and the Backstreet Boys to be played on Chinese websites. Last week, the country’s Ministry of Culture released a list of 100 songs...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: August 26, 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,...

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