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✴︎ blogIranian Internet Censorship Report ONI
We at the ONI have just released our report on Internet Filtering in Iran (in PDF format). Although it was known before, our report confirms the use of the US commercial filtering product, Smartfilter. Our report allso reveals patterns of Internet content targeted for filtering, including opposition websites, some lesbian and gay sites, and a…
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✴︎ blogCBC The Hour Interview on China's Internet Filtering Regime
I did an interview with George “Strombo” on his show CBC’s The Hour. You should be able to view the entire clip in QuickTime online here.
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✴︎ blogCNN, China Internet Filtering, Tunisia, and the ONI
CNN has a news item that is making the rounds about China’s new policy of shutting down unregistered websites and blogs. The story mentions our ONI report on China’s filtering of the Internet. Nart’s blog has an extended analysis of the issue that includes some speculation on the so called “night crawler” that China is…
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✴︎ blogFuture Tense Radio Interview on China Internet
Here is a radio interview I did with Jon Gordon of Future Tense on the results of our China Internet Report. A good interview, I think, although I kind of sound like I’m talking from a bathroom. Maybe I should get myself a boom microphone for these interviews. I’ve archived the show locally here here.
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✴︎ blogChina Internet Filtering Report on ABC
A good interview (if I do say so myself) with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Asia Pacific program on our China Internet filtering report. You can listen to the interview here and read the transcript here. And of course our report can be found here.
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✴︎ blogWashington Post story on our ONI Report
A solid story by Jonathan Krim of the Washington Post on our China Internet Filtering Study, which will be posted here tomorrow AM. Web Censors In China Find Success Falun Gong, Dalai Lama Among Blocked Topics By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 14, 2005; Page A20 The Chinese government is succeeding in…
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✴︎ blogFOXNews and our Chinese Internet Censorship Report
FOXNews has an item about China’s regulatory and technical means employed to censor the Internet and stifle democratic dissent. Our soon to be released (as in tomorrow in Washington DC) ONI report on China’s Internet Filtering regime gets a brief mention. Look for the report to be posted here tomorrow.
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✴︎ blogONI to Present China Report before US Congressional Committee
We will be releasing our upcoming report on China’s Internet censorship regime before a US Congressional Committee this coming Thursday. Here is the media advisory. Our own Nart Villeneuve will be presenting along with our Harvard colleagues John Palfrey and Derek Bambauer. Does anyone know if it is televised or streamed online?
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✴︎ blogICE Nominated for Freedom of Expression Award
Our own Nart Villeneuve of the Citizen Lab has had his blog, Internet Censorship Explorer nominated for Freedom of Expression Blog Award by RSF. You can vote for him in the international category here. Well done Meta!
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✴︎ blogBahrain Internet Censorship Report Released
The OpenNet Initiatives testing of more than 6,000 sites in Bahrain revealed only eight sites blocked. Three were pornographic; the others covered political and religious topics. In each case, sites with similar content remained accessible, and altering the requested URL slightly made several filtered sites available. Bahrain’s legal system includes extensive potential controls of media,…