Source: Katie Scott, Wired
In its Freedom on the Net 2011 report, Freedom House states: “The country reports and numerical scores in this study reveal that a growing number of governments are moving to regulate or restrict the free flow of information on the internet.
Tag Archives: Cyber Surveillance
Technology web surveillance: Some of the world’s most invasive regimes
April 26, 2012 – 5:19 pm
Citizen Lab part of global coalition calling for official withdrawal of Pakistan censorship plans
April 11, 2012 – 2:19 pm
Citizen Lab joined a global coalition of NGOs to call for the withdrawal of censorship plans in Pakistan.
New non-profit ISP will be surveillance resistant?
April 11, 2012 – 12:06 pm
Source: Declan McCullagh, CNet
Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance.
NSA building biggest spy center in U.S.
March 15, 2012 – 9:32 pm
Source: James Bamford, Wired
For the first time since Watergate and the other scandals of the Nixon administration—the NSA has turned its surveillance apparatus on the US and its citizens.
White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy
February 27, 2012 – 10:42 am
Source: Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post
The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents.
The NSA unchained infographic
February 23, 2012 – 1:41 pm
Source: American Civil Liberties Union
In November 2001, the National Security Agency began illegally intercepting Americans’ phone calls and emails without warrants or suspicion of wrongdoing.
Ottawa fails on cyber security, experts warn
February 23, 2012 – 1:17 pm
Source: Jessica Murphy, CNews
Canada is leaving its cyber doors and windows wide open in a bad online neighbourhood, security experts warn.
Why Bill C-30 gives government power to install surveillance equipment on ISP networks
February 22, 2012 – 1:23 pm
Source: Michael Geist
While the bill includes some detail on surveillance capability requirements, perhaps the most dangerous provision is Section 14, which gives the government a stunning array of powers.
Syrian government uses malware to spy on activists
February 17, 2012 – 11:07 am
Source: Ben Brumfield, CNN
In Syria’s cyberwar, the regime’s supporters have deployed a new weapon against opposition activists — computer viruses that spy on them, according to an IT specialist from a Syrian opposition group.
Spy tech companies and their authoritarian customers
February 16, 2012 – 12:33 pm
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Last week, EFF gave its recommendations to EU parliament on what steps to take to combat a growing and dangerous civil liberties concern: Western companies marketing and selling mass surveillance technology to authoritarian regimes.
