2011 March

20 March 2011

China: PPTP and L2TP VPN protocols blocked

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Update March 22: A reader reported back via email that only some of the PPTP and L2TP protocols have been blocked and interrupted in China and he has not encountered...

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19 March 2011

Azerbaijan: Anonymous says Big Brother might be watching you

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Azerbaijan

Since activists in Azerbaijan started using Facebook to coordinate and widen their activities, the authorities in the former Soviet republic are starting to keep a closer eye on social networking sites. Now, new allegations have emerged from Anonymous, the international hacking group.

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18 March 2011

Alert: Ali Abdulemam goes missing in Bahrain

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Bahrain

We just received the following news from the Bahrain Human Rights Society alerting us about the missing of our dear friend and colleague Ali Abdulemam. Ali Abdulemam, a leading Bahraini...

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13 March 2011

Uzbekistan: The Enemies of the Internet are Known

Written by Ekaterina · Uzbekistan

12 March was the World Day Against Cyber-Censorship. Launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2008, the initiative is intended to promote the idea of Internet without restrictions and accessible to everyone.

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10 March 2011

How Much Does Internet Access Matter?

Written by Jillian York · Tunisia, Egypt

Amidst the ongoing debate of the role of social media in revolutions across the Middle East and North Africa lies another question: To what degree does Internet access matter in determining the role of the Internet and social media in these revolts? Jillian C. York looks at different ideas about the effects of Internet penetration on the effectiveness of social media organizing.

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Azerbaijan: Blowing Up in Their Facebook

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Armenia, Azerbaijan

Baku seems to be getting savvier about how to discredit, marginalize, or monitor online activists. This article was originally published on 9 March 2011 by Transitions Online and is used by permission.

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Spanish intellectual property law and global netfreedom

Written by Leila Nachawati · Europe, Spain

Many of the challenges and threats that Egyptians, Tunisians or Libyans are facing are global and affect civil societies as a whole. Among these is the threat against the Internet...

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