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OpenNet Initiative: What Happened at the Internet Governance Forum?

syoung — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:09 -0500

The OpenNet Initiative reports on Internet filtering in Sub-Saharan Africa

syoung — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:30:00 -0400

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released updated reports on Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and new reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009. All four profiles can be accessed at: http://opennet.net/research/regions/ssafrica.
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OpenNet Initiative releases 2009 Middle East & North Africa research

syoung — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The Berkman Center is pleased to share an announcement from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI): the partnership has released new studies of Internet filtering in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Chinese Internet and Civil Society

syoung — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference starts today, at the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, and a raft of Berkman researchers and friends are participating, along with a host of interesting scholars and others.

"The Chinese Internet and Civil Society: Civic Engagement, Deliberation and Culture" is the theme for the discussions.

Register now for the Anti-Spyware Coalition public workshop: "Creating a Chain of Trust," May 19

syoung — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Conjuring Conficker and GhostNet

syoung — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:00:00 -0400

Stories about the Conficker worm have been spreading, worm-like, through both online and offline media, while the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto has documented an extensive espionage botnet they've called GhostNet.

John Palfrey's "The Public and the Private at the United States Border with Cyberspace" forthcoming in Mississippi LJ 78.2...

syoung — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:26 -0400

The Public and the Private at the United States Border with Cyberspace

syoung — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:00:00 -0400

Citation: Palfrey, John. 2008. The public and the private at the United States Border with Cyberspace. Mississippi Law Journal 78.2: 241-294.

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Report release: 2007 Circumvention Landscape Report: Methods, Uses, and Tools

syoung — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to make available its report on techniques and tools for circumventing Internet filtering:

2007 Circumvention Landscape Report: Methods, Uses, and Tools (PDF)
by Hal Roberts, Ethan Zuckerman, and John Palfrey

2007 Circumvention Landscape Report: Methods, Uses, and Tools

syoung — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500

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