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Announcing Report Release: Filtering in Bahrain

The OpenNet Initiative (of which the Berkman Center is a part) just released a study documenting Internet filtering in Bahrain. The OpenNet Initiative’s (ONI) testing of more than 6,000 targeted sites revealed only eight sites blocked from those seeking access from within Bahrain. This modest filtering regime is supported by both a legal context and a technical infrastructure. The legal context includes extensive potential controls of media, telecommunications, and the Internet, while the technical infrastructure includes a single primary Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a state-mandated Internet exchange point (IXP); the combination of both the legal context and the technical infrastructure makes filtering relatively easy to implement.

The full report is available in html and in a pdf.

This study is the next in a series of ONI analyses – forthcoming reports include Vietnam and Singapore. If you would like to receive notice of outgoing reports, please join our press list by emailing amichel@cyber.harvard.edu.