#IMWeekly: December 16, 2013
North Korea The North Korean government began an effort to remove all Internet content and references on state-run sites related to Jang Song Thaek, the former top government and party official who was...
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China & Iran Iran’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced this month that it is in talks with China’s Information Council about best practices for implementing a closed...
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Iraqi government shuts down Internet access in five provinces
As violence spreads across Iraq, the government has moved to curb Internet access around the country.Iraq’s Ministry of Communication issued orders Sunday for a total Internet shutdown in five of the...
View Article#IMWeekly: June 20, 2014
Hong Kong On the eve of a referendum about voting rights this week, Hong Kong’s digital voting platform was hit by a massive DDoS attack. Today is the first of three days of voting for Hong Kong...
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DDoS Attacks in Hong Kong Attack, Silence Pro-Democracy Websites
Between Friday, June 13, and Wednesday, June 18, Hong Kong suffered two DDoS attacks aimed at pro-democracy sites.The targets—one, the site of civil society group “Occupy Central with Love and Peace”,...
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A Scholar, not a Spy: The Detainment of Alexander Sodiqov
Khorog is a remote and mountainous Tajik town. It’s situated in the country’s volatile Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO), geographical and political worlds away from Dushanbe, the country’s...
View ArticleAnonymous sets its sights on the World Cup
The hacker collective Anonymous has launched a series of attacks on World Cup sponsors and other affiliates, stealing data and taking over websites.On Thursday, Anonymous took credit for taking down...
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New Citizen Lab report: “Monitoring Information Controls in Iraq in Reaction...
A new report from the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto takes a look at Internet monitoring in Iraq. Since violence led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) broke out in the country...
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This is Zone Nine: The Continued Imprisonment of Six Ethiopian Bloggers
There’s a prison, hidden in the suburbs of Addis Ababa, named Kality. Home to many of Ethiopia’s political prisoners, the prison is divided into eight zones. The last of these zones, Zone Eight, is...
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“Blasphemy” and Social Media in Pakistan
Laal is one of Pakistan’s most popular bands. To the ire of the Pakistani government, it’s known for being vocally, unapologetically secular—so much that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority...
View Article#IMWeekly: June 27, 2014
Australia A potentially invasive surveillance bill due to be introduced to Australia’s parliament in July is inspiring resistance within the country. The bill aims to target potential jihadists and...
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“Total Censorship in the Air”: How the Thai Junta Has Policed Online Media
It has been over a month since Thailand’s military junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), overtook the country’s government during a May 22 coup. Since then, the NCPO has aimed to...
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Internet Monitor Launches New Site, Data Platform
Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the pilot launch of its new website, thenetmonitor.org. This new platform compiles, curates, and presents data on Internet access and controls from both the...
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2013 Internet Monitor Annual Report: “Reflections on the Digital World”
Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the publication of Internet Monitor 2013: Reflections on the Digital World, our first-ever annual report. The report—a collection of essays from roughly two...
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New Internet Monitor report: “Blogs as an Alternative Public Sphere: The Role...
Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the publication of “Blogs as an Alternative Public Sphere: The Role of Blogs, Mainstream Media, and TV in Russia’s Media Ecology,” the third in a series of...
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