Source: Ryan Budish, Google Policy by the Numbers
It turns out that identifying Internet censorship, filtering or other web blockages is much more challenging.
Tag Archives: Internet Filtering
The challenges of censorship detection
April 30, 2012 – 3:39 pm
Canadian firm Netsweeper censors library Internet
January 10, 2012 – 9:25 am
Source: Jillian C. York
Recently, the ACLU and the ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed suit against the Salem (MO) public library for unconstitutionally blocking access to websites discussing minority religions by improperly classifying them as “occult” or “criminal.”
Behind Blue Coat brief in the media
November 11, 2011 – 11:11 am
Following the release of Citizen Lab’s brief, Behind Blue Coat: Investigations of commercial filtering in Syria and Burma, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert spoke to Marco Werman about the research findings on BBC’s The World.
Behind Blue Coat: Investigations of commercial filtering in Syria and Burma
November 9, 2011 – 2:43 pm
Although Blue Coat has recently acknowledged the presence of their devices in Syria, this brief contributes to previous findings of devices in the country, documents additional devices in use in Syria, and identifies Blue Coat devices actively in use in Burma.
British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine
July 30, 2011 – 12:40 pm
Source: Timothy Lee, Ars Technica
A judge has ordered British Telecom to begin blocking its subscribers from accessing Newzbin2, a members-only usenet search engine that is heavily used for copyright infringement. The mandated blocking is modeled on the Cleanfeed filtering system currently used to block alleged child pornography.
The ruling represents a first step toward broader use of Internet filtering as a tool for blocking copyright infringement in the UK. “The Studios have made it clear that this is a test case,” the judge wrote. “If they are successful in obtaining an order against BT, then they intend to seek similar orders against all the other significant ISPs in the UK.”
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Internet filters will protect kids: Arınç
July 29, 2011 – 12:52 pm
Source: Hürriyet Daily News
The recent deadly attacks in Norway demonstrate the necessity of the Turkish government’s plans to institute an Internet filtering system in August, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said Thursday.
According to Arınç, the confessed perpetrator of the massacre in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik, acquired the know-how to build bombs and use guns through the Internet.
“Now this villain [Brevik] says he learned about how to manufacture a bomb by searching on Google for weeks. Let them [filtering opponents] think once more about whether sites that give practical [instructions] on how to manufacture a bomb, [set] a landmine [or] blow up a bridge have any use for humanity after the deaths of [76] people in Norway,” Arınç said during a commencement ceremony held by the North Aegean Journalists Society in the northwestern province of Balıkesir.
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Websites on illegal downloads to be banned
July 27, 2011 – 1:09 pm
Source: Elin Yunita Kristanti and Syahrul Ansyari, VivaNews
The government through Information and Communication Minister Tifatul Sembiring is planning to block music or movie websites offering free downloads which can be easily found in the internet.
“I’m expecting innovators and the industry to work hand in hand in an effort to produce phenomenal works. I think it’s a sin for the government to abandon creation of its people. I don’t wanna be a sinner. So, a strategy is needed,” said Tifatul today.
In addition to the possible ban, Tifatul explained, the perpetrators of illegal downloading could also face a penalty of 9-year imprisonment, or Rp3 billion of fine, according to Article 25 of Electronic Information and Transaction Law. Thus, the general public need to be more careful.
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China: 1.3 million websites shut in 2010
July 13, 2011 – 2:27 pm
Source: BBC
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said there were were 41% fewer websites at the end of 2010 than a year earlier.
Chinese officials have tightened regulations on the internet in recent years, and they launched a crackdown on pornography websites in 2009.
The academy’s researcher said there was no link, insisting China had a “high level of freedom of online speech”.
Liu Ruisheng said that despite the declining number of sites, the number of web pages had risen to 60 billion during 2010 – a 79% increase on the previous year.
“This means our content is getting stronger, while our supervision is getting more strict and more regulated,” he said.
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Iran tightens online censorship to counter US ‘shadow internet’
July 13, 2011 – 1:47 pm
Source: Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian
Iran has stepped up online censorship by upgrading the filtering system that enables the Islamic regime to block access to thousands of websites it deems inappropriate for Iranian users.
The move comes one month after the United States announced plans to launch new services facilitating internet access and mobile phone communications in countries with tight controls on freedom of speech, a decision that infuriated Tehran’s regime and prompted harsh reactions from several Iranian officials.
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