Yesterday was the Amnesty International conference. I enjoyed the discussions, which ranged far and wide.

You can see the archived webcast here. CBC had a pretty good report on it. One correction, however: I never said we tested 41 countries in 2002.

June 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- State censorship of the Internet is growing and the techniques used are becoming increasingly sophisticated, according to the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), a partnership of British, US, and Canadian universities.

The group has released an initial list of countries engaged in Internet censorship, which includes China, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The group believes that states will target other means of electronic communication next, such as mobile phone text messaging.

Although as many as 25 countries make the current list of countries that engage in Internet censorship, the list is by no means exhaustive, according to Ron Deibert, one of OpenNet Initiative's principal investigators and director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab.

Found HERE

Amnesty international is having an event on Wednesday June 6th in the UK that I'm speaking at by webcast. The event is called "irrepressible.info" and is about threats to freedom of speech and access to information online. You can read more about it here:

Leading up to the event, I wrote this editorial comment that has been published on the Open Democracy website

I will be participating in Amnesty International's Irrepressible.info one year anniversary conference, the details for which can be found here. We at the OpenNet Initiative have been providing background information and data for the campaign.

Here is a Guardian/Observer story on the upcoming event, and the way in which the campaign has had an impact so far.