Country Profile: Tunisia
Background
The Tunisian constitution guarantees freedom of the press under “conditions laid down by law,” but the government closely controls the media. Additionally, the Press Law criminalizes defamation, and those who violate it can be imprisoned and fined.Freedom House, “Map of Press...
ONI Blog: New Data Added to ONI's Social Media Filtering Map
The OpenNet Initiative is excited to announce the addition of a full year of new data to its Social Media Filtering Map. The map gives users a visual overview where of Facebook, Flickr, Orkut, Twitter, and Youtube have been blocked since...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: June 24th, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
Report: West Censoring East: The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-2011
March 2011
Authored by Helmi Noman and Jillian C. York.
To view this bulletin as a PDF, click here.
Executive Summary
The OpenNet Initiative has documented network filtering of the Internet by national governments in over forty countries worldwide. Countries use this network filtering...
- Posted on 28/Mar/2011; tagged in
Bahrain,
Canada,
Tunisia,
United Arab Emirates,
United States of America,
Oman,
Qatar,
Kuwait,
United States/Canada,
Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
Political filtering,
Social filtering,
Internet tools filtering,
Voluntary filtering,
Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: ONI Releases 2010 Year in Review
The OpenNet Initiative is proud to announce the release of its 2010 Year in Review, a collection of the year's top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe.
Among the year's most well-known events are the banning of Blackberry...
- Posted on 18/Mar/2011; tagged in
Bahrain,
China,
Cuba,
India,
Iran,
Kyrgyzstan,
Thailand,
Tunisia,
United Arab Emirates,
United States of America,
Vietnam,
Yemen,
Afghanistan,
Israel,
Jordan,
Pakistan,
Syria,
Venezuela,
Turkey,
Nigeria,
Japan,
Mexico,
Australia,
Italy,
Bangladesh,
Indonesia,
United Kingdom,
Lebanon,
Rwanda,
South Africa,
United States/Canada,
Asia,
Middle East and North Africa (MENA),
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),
Europe,
Latin America,
Sub-Saharan Africa,
Australia/New Zealand,
Legislation,
Arrests and legal action,
Copyright,
Take-down,
Human rights,
Circumvention,
Elections,
ONI,
Political filtering,
Social filtering,
Conflict and security filtering,
IP blocking,
Filtering tech and software
ONI Blog: Tunisia Shuts Off Internet Filter
Following a speech in which Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stated that all censorship of the internet and traditional media will be halted, Tunisia appears to have shut off its Internet filtering system.
At around 9:45pm local time, Tunisian news...
ONI Blog: Tunisian Government Websites Attacked Via DDoS
The repercussions of Tunisia’s strict online censorship reached an apex in the Arab country this week as multiple DDoS attacks continue to target the government. Hackers known collectively as the Anonymous group took down at least eight government websites beginning...
