NED Event May 25, 2010
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is hosting a panel conversation for the OpenNet Initiative’s new volume Access Controlled. Attending the panel discussion will be Ron Deibert, John Palfrey and Rafal Rohozinski from the ONI, and Bob Boorstin from Google. Moderating the discussion will be Mr. Moises Naim, editor of Foreign Policy magazine. [...]
Access Controlled book website (and review)
We have a new website for the ONI’s latest book, Access Controlled, which can be found here. We also have our first review, by Andy Greenberg of Forbes.
IDRC Webcast – The Potential of Open Development for Canada and Abroad
I participated in a live webcast and panel, organized by IDRC, on “The Potential of Open Development for Canada and Abroad,” in Ottawa, May 5th, 2010. Also on the panel were Michael Geist, Sunil Abraham, Anita Gurumurthy, and Yochai Benkler. The panel was hosted by Jesse Brown. We discussed the concept of [...]
Index on Censorship: Cyber Wars
Citizens, states and corporations are battling for online space. What happened to the dream of global communication? Ron Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski report.
From Index on Censorship
Cubans say access to online market site is blocked (Reuters)
“We have just finished our testing in 71 countries and have found evidence of content filtering in close to 40 countries,” said Ronald Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and co-founder of The OpenNet Initiative.
Cubans say access to online market site is blocked
Online Censorship on rise in Middle East, North Africa
CBC News
CBC News has posted a news item about the OpenNet Initiative’s Middle East and North Africa reports, just released. You can read the CBC news item here.
The item also mentions the Citizen Lab’s GNI Monitor project:
“The Citizen Lab, which runs out of the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies, announced last month [...]
OpenNet Releases Middle East and North Africa reports
We (the OpenNet Initiative released our Middle East and North Africa research reports today. Some early press from the report here. We have put up a very useful extended Q and A here.
Among the findings of the report is evidence of the use of commercial filtering products in the region. One of the manufacturers, Websense, [...]
Psiphon, Iran, and OpenNet Initiative
There is a lot going on right now on so many exciting fronts. We at the OpenNet Initiative have released three major reports: An Asian regional overview, and country reports on China and Iran. We released these at the ONI Asia regional meeting in Penang Malaysia. Thanks to the ONI team for all of their [...]
ONI Bulletin on China’s Green Dam Filtering Software
The OpenNet Initiative has released a bulletin entitled “China’s Green Dam: The Implications of Government Control Encroaching on the Home PC.” You can read more about it here.
Executive Summary
A recent directive by the Chinese government requires the installation of a specific filtering software product, Green Dam, with the publicly stated intent of protecting children from [...]
Radio Canada International Interview
I recently did a radio interview with Radio Canada International&’s “MASALA CANADA with Wojtek Gwiazda.” Wojtek sent me an MP3 of the interview, which can be accessed here.
In the interview, we discuss the Citizen Lab, the OpenNet Initiative, and the ONI Asia project, supported by IDRC Canada.
Radio Canada International’s Masala Canada show can be accessed [...]