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ONI Releases 2013 Latin America Research

Rebekah Heacock — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:05:03 +0000

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is proud to release new reports on Internet regulation and filtering in five Latin American countries.

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After the Green Movement: Internet Controls in Iran, 2009-2012

Irene Poetranto — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:23:24 +0000

This report details Iran’s increasing Internet controls since 2009, when protests against the victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad rocked the country.

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Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Surveillance

Elections

Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan’s Digital Doldrums

Secdev6 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:18:06 +0000

Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more efficient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. A new study from the SecDev Group highlights the ambivalent policies and practices that have left Turkmenistan mired in the digital doldrums, torn between its desire to join the worldwide web and its compulsion to control cyberspace.

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Turkmenistan

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Update on information controls in Ethiopia

Irene Poetranto — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:44:10 +0000

Ethiopia remains a dangerous country in which to express dissent online. The recent conviction of a number of bloggers and journalists, combined with the country’s history of filtering critical political content online, demonstrates the restrictive nature of the country’s information environment. This blog post describes recent developments in the country and reports on the results of OpenNet Initiative testing conducted in September 2012.

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Ethiopia

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Update on information controls in Burma

Irene Poetranto — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:11:42 +0000

After years spent as one of the world’s most strictly controlled information environments, the government of Burma has recently begun to open up access to previously censored online content. Recent OpenNet Initiative testing has confirmed these changes, finding a variety of opposition websites, critical blogs and foreign news sites to be accessible after years of blocking. This ONI blog post discusses recent developments in Burma and reports on the results of testing conducted in Burma in August 2012.

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Burma

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Asia

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Update on threats to freedom of expression online in Vietnam

Irene Poetranto — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:30:41 +0000

Online freedom of expression continues to be threatened in Vietnam, as recently proposed regulations and the ongoing detainment and harassment of bloggers combine with an already strict regime of Internet filtering to further restrict information openness. This OpenNet Initiative blog post describes these new developments and reports on the results of testing conducted in Vietnam from April to August 2012.

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Vietnam

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Social filtering

DNS tampering

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Asia

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Legislation

Threats to the Open Net: August 10, 2012

Melody Zhang — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:47:05 +0000

Iran announces plan to unplug from the global internet within the next 18 months; malware Gauss is found targeting Lebanese banks; Brazil postpones a vote on its 'Internet Bill of Rights'; and WikiLeaks continues to be inaccessible and under DDoS attack from hacker group, AntiLeaks.

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Brazil

United States of America

Lebanon

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Conflict and security filtering

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United States/Canada

Latin America

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Legislation

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Threats to the Open Net

A Censorship-Free Alternative to the Global Internet?

Melody Zhang — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:16:19 +0000

With Internet censorship on the rise, Project Meshnet is working to create an uncensored alternative to the global Internet. Born out of the r/darknetplan on Reddit, Project Meshnet aims to build a network of secure connections to create a truly free Internet.

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Iran

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United States/Canada