As protests and unrest continue to destabilize the Middle East and North Africa, the effects of these popular revolutions have predictably affected Internet access in these countries. Below is a list of recent filtering measures implemented by governments who continue to face opposition from their citizens. Internet traffic from Libya has been following a curfew [...]
Reports coming out of Egypt today indicate that Twitter has become inaccessible in the country amid civil unrest in the country. TechCruch cited Herdict reports today as they continue covering the protests in real time. Fourteen inaccessibility reports for Twitter in Egypt were filed on Herdict just today, with 16 total coming from the country [...]
We’ve seen several cases of unintentionally broad blocking. In an attempt to block a particular blog, all of wordpress gets blocked. Or, youtube gets blocked as a result of a particular video. The OpenNet Initiative is reporting on another case of blocking that just might be another one of these cases, or it could be [...]
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