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OpenNet Initiative Releases Results on Filtering in Asia

Jillian York · 03:08, June 17th, 2009 · Features
From the Great Firewall to the Myanmar Wide Web, Asia is well-known for its practices in Internet filtering. China has long taken the lead in blocking Web sites, filtering sites across the spectrum - from social to political content, pornography to Internet tools. The OpenNet Initiative (full disclosure: I'm involved) ... 0 comments  · read »

Indonesia: People Power 2.0

Carolina Rumuat · 12:43, June 15th, 2009 · News , Features
Two days after her release from jail [id] on Wednesday 3 June 2009, the first court session for Prita Mulyasari, an Indonesian housewife  who was arrested and jailed since mid May for "defaming" an international hospital by writing an online complaint letter took place in Tangerang, one of Jakarta's suburban. Her ... 0 comments  · read »

Indonesia blocks YouTube over “Fitna” the movie

Sami Ben Gharbia · 14:11, April 5th, 2008 · Features
Update (Fri Apr 11, 2008): Indonesia has lifted the ban on Youtube.com. Internet service providers “would only block access to pages carrying the film by Geert Wilders” The vice chairman of the Indonesian Internet Providers Association said. The Indonesian government has ordered the country’s internet service providers to block YouTube for ... 26 comments  · read »