Asia
Report: Internet Filtering in South Korea in 2006-2007
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Overview
Although South Korea has the highest Internet penetration rate in the world, the state imposes substantial legal and technological controls over online expression. South Korea filters...
- Posted on 22/Dec/2010; tagged in Asia, Publications
Report: Internet Filtering in Pakistan in 2006-2007
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Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Pakistan.
Overview
Building on past attempts to filter blasphemous content, the Pakistan government expanded and intensified its Internet censorship campaign in February 2006, initiated in response to the Danish...
- Posted on 22/Dec/2010; tagged in Asia, Publications
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: Week of 12/6/2010
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative will provide a weekly roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") on our blog, in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for the entire blog or...
- Posted on 10/Dec/2010; tagged in China, Iran, Venezuela, United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America, Legislation, Non-filtering content restrictions, Arrests and legal action, Threats to the Open Net
ONI Blog: Google CEO Criticizes Chinese Internet Censorship
Last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt criticized the Chinese government’s continued efforts to censor Internet content in the country at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Calling attention to a year-long dispute between Google and China concerning search...
- Posted on 11/Nov/2010; tagged in China, Germany, Asia, Europe, Surveillance, Privacy, ONI, Political filtering
ONI Blog: Amazon’s Kindle Bypasses the Great Firewall of China
The South China Morning Post recently reported that Kindle users can access banned websites in mainland China from the device. With Amazon’s electronic book gadget, Kindle users can now visit Facebook and Twitter, both currently blocked by the Chinese government....
ONI Blog: Older Generation of Chinese Politicians Seek to End Censorship
For the younger demographics living in China during the age of social media and online networking, Facebook, Twitter, and numerous other Web 2.0 sites remain inaccessible to them. But it may be an older generation that will change that for...
Report: Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere
September 2010
Authored by Jillian C. York, with contributions from Robert Faris and Ron Deibert, and editorial assistance from Rebekah Heacock
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Introduction
Online conversations today exist primarily in the realm of social media and blogging platforms,...
- Posted on 20/Sep/2010; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Human rights, Publications, ONI, Social filtering, Overblocking
ONI Blog: Indonesia and its Porn Troubles
After the online release of the “Peterporn” sex tapes earlier this summer in Indonesia, the government there began panicked talk of Internet censorship to stop this kind of material from appearing for dissemination once more.
Even though this predominantly Muslim nation already...
ONI Blog: Chinese Plans To Deanonymize The Internet
Despite the press attention being thrown at the China/Google relationship, there has been another issue in China brewing a little more subtly in the background that may cause further open access issues in a nation already struggling with Internet freedom.
News stories...
- Posted on 22/Jul/2010; tagged in China, Asia, Non-filtering content restrictions, ONI, Social filtering
ONI Blog: MZ, call your office: Facebook’s Zuckerberg may face criminal charges in Pakistan
The International Herald Tribune reported Saturday that Attorney Muhammad Azhar Siddique is petitioning the Lahore High Court of Pakistan to re-open a First Information Report (FIR) registered against Facebook executives in May. The report was sealed and investigations ended after ...
