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ONI's 2010 Year in Review surveys the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.

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MENA Net Watch is a project to document and analyze information shaping, events-based blocking, and counter-control activities currently throughout the Middle East and North Africa. It is part of a series of focused analytical briefs the ONI is conducting on current trends in global information controls.


Features

  • Threats to the Open Net: August 19, 2011
    China bolsters its online censorship regime following success of environmental protests in Dalian. BART and Anonymous face off over BART decision to shut down cellular service in an attempt to stem protests. The UAE is targeting the online rumour mill, promising up to 3 years in prison for those "spreading rumours" online.
  • Threats to the Open Net: August 12, 2011
    Major stories this week relate to Internet filtering in Turkey, new actions by the hacker group Anonymous, reactions to social media's use in the London riots, and the submission of a new anti-extremism law in Russia in which blogs are subject to similar regulations to those of mass media outlets.
  • Amidst riots in the UK, calls to censor social media
    The suspicion that social networks such as Twitter and Facebook as well as BlackBerry Messenger helped incite riots that gripped England earlier this week has led politicians to demand their shutdown.

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Global Internet Filtering

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Main Filtering Map
ONI's main filtering map shows the states and regions where each type of filtering ONI studies takes place.

Social Media Map
Our social media map serves as an easy visual guide to the states and regions where filtering of five major social media sites occurs.

YouTube Censored
For a detailed look at when and where YouTube has been filtered since 2006, check out YouTube Censored: A Recent History, ONI's interactive global timeline.