2010 January

January, 2010

Monthly archive · 21 posts

Stories from January, 2010

4 January 2010

Tunisia and Bahrain Block Individual Twitter Pages

Written by Jillian York · Tunisia, Bahrain

First, governments blocked Blogspot. Then they blocked Facebook, and then Twitter. And just when technophiles all over the globe started groaning, a couple of governments got a bit wiser to...

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Algeria Joins Filtering Fray

Written by Jillian York · Algeria

Algeria is the latest Arab country to join the ranks of Internet filterers, leaving only Iraq, Egypt, Libya, and Lebanon without widespread filtering. The first report of a blocked site came about a week ago, when users on Twitter reported www.rachad.org, the site of political movement Mouvement Rachad to be blocked. The sites have since been reported to Herdict.

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Egypt: E-mail Monitor officially recognized

Written by Ramy Raoof · Egypt, Middle East & North Africa

While the local and international media are getting more concerned about the Egyptian government's policy in restricting convoys to Gaza Strip, there isn't much information concerning the active monitoring of...

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The Metaverse in the Arab World

Written by Tal Pavel · Middle East & North Africa

Virtual worlds are becoming more complex and more intertwined with the actual world. Hence, their influence on real matters is increasing. I am speaking about the programs and games in...

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3 January 2010

The Internet in post-Saddam Iraq

Written by Tal Pavel · Iraq

The status of the Internet in Iraq, regarding both governmental policies and usage, underwent a fundamental change following Saddam Husayn’s deposal in 2003. Still, as is true with so many...

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2 January 2010

RSF 2009 Review: More than 100 bloggers and cyber-dissidents imprisoned

Written by Oiwan Lam · Global

Reporters Without Borders released its 2009 year-end round-up on on December 30, 2009. There are 151 bloggers and cyber-dissidents arrested, 61 physically assaulted and one died in prison in 2009....

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1 January 2010

Egypt: In Cairo International Airport …Be Careful if You Are A Blogger!

Written by Noha Atef · Egypt

Meanwhile leading NGOs and studies centers all over the world becoming more interested in listening to the Arab bloggers and their digital activism, the Egyptian bloggers have bad luck in...

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