17 Jun 2009 | Uncategorized
Crossposted from the OpenNet Initiative
Last week, as Iranian voters went to the polls to elect the country’s next president, the Iranian government blocked access to number of political Web sites, as well as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Yesterday the OpenNet Initiative profiled the extent of this crackdown. Today we are releasing a new survey of Internet filtering and online content controls in Iran, which details the most recent instances of censorship and provides a basic framework for understanding the legal, technical and institutional mechanisms of filtering in Iran.
20 May 2009 | Resources
Wikileaks seeks to develop an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. It aims to expose oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but also offers assistance to all people of nations exhibiting unethical behaviour in their governments and corporations.
20 May 2009 | Resources
Tor is free software and an open network that helps defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.
20 May 2009 | Resources
Sesawe is an international consortium working to support uncensored access to the Internet. It includes software developers as well as organizations and individuals who share a belief in the need for an open Internet. Sesawe is a gathering place to share information and related resources.
