Europe

Note: a previous version of this profile is available at Europe, 2006-2007. Introduction The Internet in Europe is controlled predominantly through a combination of governments and information and communication technology (ICT) companies. Countries, whether members of the 27 member European Union (EU) or...

- Posted on 15/May/2007; tagged in Europe

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 27, 2012

The Beijing police have announced a successful "clean-up" of the web, in which ten thousand internet cafes were inspected, five thousand people were arrested for Internet crime, and seven thousand web site administrators were punished. The police described the clean-up as...

- Posted on 26/Jul/2012; tagged in China, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Asia, Europe, Arrests and legal action, Surveillance, Publications, Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: Leaked CETA Draft Provokes ACTA Comparisons, Transparency Worries

Activists who have been rallying against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) saw the European Parliament rejection of the treaty earlier this month as a triumph over a piece of legislation they argued could have been used to censor content and silence...

- Posted on 24/Jul/2012; tagged in Canada, United States/Canada, Europe, Legislation, Political filtering

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 20, 2012

A controversial Russian piece of legislation that would give the government broad powers over the Internet was passed by the upper house of parliament. Opponents of this law fear that it could lead to an increase in online censorship. ...

- Posted on 20/Jul/2012; tagged in China, Iran, Ethiopia, Russia, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Cybercrime and security, Threats to the Open Net, IP blocking

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 13, 2012

The Russian Duma, the lower house of Parliament, unanimously passed a controversial Internet bill after four amendments were inserted. While these amendments were inserted to substantially narrow the criteria under which the government could shut down a site deemed...

- Posted on 13/Jul/2012; tagged in Canada, Sudan, Russia, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Defamation, Human rights, Surveillance, Privacy, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering

ONI Blog: FBI shuts down DNSChanger servers

The FBI shut down down all servers associated with the DNSChanger malware today, potentially cutting off hundreds of thousands of computers from the Internet. When discovered, the DNSChanger malware system was tied to an IT company in Estonia. ...

- Posted on 09/Jul/2012; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Europe, Arrests and legal action, Cybercrime and security

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 6, 2012

Twitter unveiled its first Twitter Transparency Report, which will document the requests the microblogging service receives from governments and copyright holders asking Twitter to take down content or release user information. According to the first report, which covered the period...

- Posted on 06/Jul/2012; tagged in United States of America, United States/Canada, Europe, Legislation, Threats to the Open Net

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 22, 2012

On Monday, Google released its bi-annual transparency report, documenting a drastic increase of takedown notices from around the globe. Highlights include a 49% increase in content censorship in India and a huge spike in requests from democratic regimes. The International...

- Posted on 22/Jun/2012; tagged in India, Iran, United States of America, Israel, Russia, Denmark, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Copyright, Cybercrime and security, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering

ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 15, 2012

On Thursday, the UK Home Department released a draft of the Communications Bill. Home Secretary Theresa May defended the bill saying, “If we stand by as technology changes, we will leave police officers fighting crime with one hand tied behind...

- Posted on 15/Jun/2012; tagged in Iran, United States of America, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, United States/Canada, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Surveillance, Cybercrime and security, Privacy, Anonymity, Data retention, Threats to the Open Net, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Filtering tech and software

ONI Blog: Public WiFi Filtering on the Rise

The London summer Olympic games are readily approaching, and Internet Service Providers are responding to the expected dramatic rise in the London population in the coming months by increasing their free public WiFi service offerings. Virgin is rolling out...

- Posted on 14/Jun/2012; tagged in United Kingdom, Europe, Legislation, Publications, ONI, Internet tools filtering, Voluntary filtering, Filtering tech and software