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ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 24th, 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 24/Jun/2011; tagged in China, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Threats to the Open Net
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: Chinese Twitter Plans English Launch: Implications for Censorship
Chinese online media company Sina Corp. recently announced its plans to launch an English version of its already popular microblogging site Weibo this year. Weibo, which has been dubbed by many as the “Chinese Twitter” and serves as the...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 10th, 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 Censorship in Inner Mongolia Continues
Co-authored by Jane Abell.
In the wake of protests in a region of China known as Inner Mongolia, the Chinese government has begun censoring the search term “Inner Mongolia” on various microblogging and social networking websites, as well as blocking access to...
- Posted on 10/Jun/2011; tagged in China, Asia, Surveillance, Geolocational Filtering, Political filtering
ONI Blog: China Rejects Google's Phishing Attempt Claims, Accuses Google of "Pandering"
Over the last week, conflict between Google and China over alleged phishing attempts originating from China has escalated, with the People's Daily accusing Google of having "ulterior motives" and "pandering."
On June 1st, Google’s official blog revealed that a “campaign to...
ONI Blog: Malaysia: Government's Free E-mail Plan Met with Opposition
Rather than censor the Internet outright, the Malaysian government has adopted a policy of close monitoring and occasional intimidation to keep bloggers and independent media websites in check. Over the past few years, Malaysian authorities have arrested or detained multiple...
ONI Blog: Potential Facebook Venture Into China?
Facebook has been in talks with Chinese search engine Baidu to set up a social networking site in China, where the social networking giant has been banned since 2009.
Reports have not yet been confirmed, but an agreement would allow Facebook to launch...
ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2010 Year in Review
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2010 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.
Among the year's most well-known events are the banning of Blackberry...
- Posted on 18/Mar/2011; tagged in Bahrain, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Vietnam, Yemen, Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria, Venezuela, Turkey, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, Australia, Italy, Bangladesh, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Lebanon, Rwanda, South Africa, United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Copyright, Take-down, Human rights, Circumvention, Elections, ONI, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, IP blocking, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Julian Assange Publicly Criticizes Chinese Government for Censorship
Last week, Julian Assange lashed out against the Chinese government for their online censorship practices to a British magazine. In an interview with The New Statesman, The director of WikiLeaks called China the "technological enemy" of the whistle-blowing website, ...
