Surveillance
ONI Blog: Behind Blue Coat: Investigations of commercial filtering in Syria and Burma
There is growing concern about the use of commercial filtering and surveillance technology in countries that regularly restrict Internet content and violate human rights. Considerable attention has been focused in recent weeks on Syria, particularly following the Syrian regime’s violent crackdown against...
- Posted on 09/Nov/2011; tagged in Burma, Syria, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Human rights, Surveillance, Publications, ONI, Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: August 12, 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 12/Aug/2011; tagged in Turkey, Russia, United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Legislation, Non-filtering content restrictions, Arrests and legal action, Surveillance, Privacy
ONI Blog: Amidst riots in the UK, calls to censor social media
The suspicion that social networks such as Twitter and Facebook as well as BlackBerry Messenger helped incite riots that gripped England earlier this week has led politicians to demand their shutdown.
Prime Minister David Cameron directly blamed social media for the riots. In...
- Posted on 12/Aug/2011; tagged in United Kingdom, Europe, Arrests and legal action, Surveillance, Anonymity, Conflict and security filtering
ONI Blog: Anonymous' attack on Syrian Defense Ministry website: A window into the group's changing agenda?
Early this week, the online hacking community Anonymous launched a cyber attack on the Syrian Ministry of Defense website. This attack is one of the latest in a series of attacks by Anonymous/LulzSec against governments and companies perceived to be engaging...
- Posted on 10/Aug/2011; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Defamation, Take-down, Human rights, Surveillance
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: July 29, 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 29/Jul/2011; tagged in United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Take-down, Surveillance, Data retention, Threats to the Open Net
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: Court Approves 100 Percent of 2010 Surveillance Requests
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved 100 percent of the government’s requests to electronically monitor suspected foreign “agents” or terrorists in the United States in 2010, according to a two-page report released by the Justice Department.
The court, which was set up in...
- Posted on 11/May/2011; tagged in United States of America, Surveillance
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: Second- and Third-Generation Controls Rise in Russian Cyberspace
As governments in the Middle East have cracked down on Internet traffic outright this year, Russian authorities have expanded their control over cyberspace in a more indirect manner, employing a voluntary Internet patrol group, paid pro-government commentators, alleged DDoS attacks, and a...
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, ...
