Tag: Open Net Initiative
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✴︎ blogPsiphon, Iran, and OpenNet Initiative
There is a lot going on right now on so many exciting fronts. We at the OpenNet Initiative have released three major reports: An Asian regional overview, and country reports on China and Iran. We released these at the ONI Asia regional meeting in Penang Malaysia. Thanks to the ONI team for all of their…
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✴︎ blogONI Bulletin on China’s Green Dam Filtering Software
The OpenNet Initiative has released a bulletin entitled “China’s Green Dam: The Implications of Government Control Encroaching on the Home PC.” You can read more about it here. Executive Summary A recent directive by the Chinese government requires the installation of a specific filtering software product, Green Dam, with the publicly stated intent of protecting…
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✴︎ blogRadio Canada International Interview
I recently did a radio interview with Radio Canada International&’s “MASALA CANADA with Wojtek Gwiazda.” Wojtek sent me an MP3 of the interview, which can be accessed here. In the interview, we discuss the Citizen Lab, the OpenNet Initiative, and the ONI Asia project, supported by IDRC Canada. Radio Canada International’s Masala Canada show can…
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✴︎ blogAnnouncement: Greg Walton joins Citizen Lab as Senior SecDev Fellow
I am pleased to announce that Greg Walton will be joining the Citizen Lab. Greg Walton is the senior security researcher for ONI Asia, and the first SecDev fellow at the Citizen Lab. He is a graduate of the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford (International Relations and Security Studies), and holds an MSc…
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✴︎ blogExperts: Internet filtering and censorship rife
Published on CNN.com August 21, 2008 LONDON, England (CNN) — Believe the conspiracy theories — out of sight and without your knowledge, governments truly are filtering what you see on the Internet. The recent conflict between Georgia and Russia has highlighted many of the issues at play with Internet filtering, as its increasing use by…
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✴︎ blogCBC National report on the Citizen Lab
On March 21, 2008, the CBC National ran a feature piece on the research and development activities of the Citizen Lab, including the ONI and psiphon. There are interviews with me, and with Nart Villeneuve. You can watch the piece here. The youtube version is here And here:
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✴︎ blogCBC Search Engine, Nature, and Digital Nation
Some recent items on psiphon, the ONI’s new volume, Access Denied, and others to report: I did an interview with Jesse Brown of CBC’s search engine on psiphon. The full interview, including Mike Hull’s psiphon theme song, is available here (Note: The interview with me starts at 16 minutes, 15 seconds into the podcast). Bruce…
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✴︎ blogONI Burma Report – Pulling the Plug
The OpenNet Initiative has compiled a bulletin on the recent demonstrations in Burma and the Burmese government’s shutdown of the Internet there. ONI conducted a technical analysis of the Internet’s uptime, documenting a complete shutdown in Burma, followed by intermittent periods of up-time throughout early October, with an apparent return to full connection on October…
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✴︎ blogTVO The Agenda Interview on Burma/ONI/Psiphon
I did a one on one interview with host Steve Paikin of TVO’s the Agenda. The episode page is here, where you can downoad the video and audio podcast of the interview. We cover events in Burma, the OpenNet Initiative and psiphon.
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✴︎ blogMyanmar's Net Curtain Begins To Lift
From Forbes.com According to Ron Deibert, director at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and an investigator at the OpenNet Initiative. “Now that the government’s crackdown has succeeded, they’re beginning to let information trickle out again,” he says. Deibert speculates that even for a country as repressive as Myanmar, the cost of shutting off all…