Week in Review: July 20, 2018

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Mary Meisenzahl

This week, Internet Monitor covers Internet shutdowns in Iraq and India, Internet access on mobile phones in Cuba, and social media regulations in Egypt.

Week in Review: July 6, 2018

Posted on July 05, 2018 by Mary Meisenzahl

This week in review, Internet Monitor covers the European Parliament vote on copyright law, OONI’s new report on Internet censorship in Egypt, and Uganda’s social media tax.

Week in Review: March 9, 2018

Posted on March 09, 2018 by Dan Bateyko

In this week in review, Internet Monitor covers evidence of Internet tampering in Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, Indonesia block of Tumblr, and EFF's infographics on platform censorship

Week in Review: February 19, 2018

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Dan Bateyko

This week in review, Internet Monitor covers an Internet shutdown in the Sinai Peninsula, stories from the Internet Society's Indigenous Connectivity Summit, and The Bloggers Association of Kenya's State of the Internet Report.

Internet Monitor Releases 2017 Report: The Shifting Landscape of Global Internet Censorship

Posted on June 29, 2017 by David Talbot

The Shifting Landscape of Global Internet Censorship, released today, documents the practice of Internet censorship around the world through empirical testing in 45 countries of the availability of 2,046 of the world’s most-trafficked and influential websites, plus additional country-specific websites. The study finds evidence of filtering in 26 countries across four broad content themes: political, social, topics related to conflict and security, and Internet tools (a term that includes censorship circumvention tools as well as social media platforms). The majority of countries that censor content do so across all four themes, although the depth of the filtering varies.

Week in Review: June 23, 2017

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Jeanette Si

This week, the Internet Monitor reports on possible Internet outages in Nigeria, Donald Trump’s pledge to bring Internet to rural America, Egypt’s increased blockages, and a Palestinian campaign for more Internet freedom.

Week in Review: June 16, 2017

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Jeanette Si

This week, we cover Pakistan’s first death sentence for social media blasphemy, China’s reproach of its Internet censors, and Egypt’s crackdown of media and increased surveillance after its April terrorist attacks.

Internet Blackouts Have Unintended Consequences

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Patrick Drown

Governments block the internet for a variety reasons, but often it is done to diminish political upheaval. Learn about how internet blackouts have a number of unintended consequences that ultimately hurt a country.

The State of Queer Dating Apps in Homophobic Society: Empowerment, Danger, and Censorship

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Patrick Drown

Queer dating apps connect members of the LGBT community in new ways, but also create new vulnerabilities and prompt censorship from some governments.

Week in Review: April 20, 2016

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Muira McCammon

This week Internet Monitor provides a comprehensive review of Hacking Team's latest woes in Italy, concerns over the Pakistani Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, Twitter's controversial new hire in China, and recent amendments to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Offender Orientation Handbook.

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