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2008 Olympics: OpenNet Initiative on Internet filtering in China

syoung — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Global Voices Olympics Special Coverage

syoung — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

China, Internet filtering, and the Olympics

syoung — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400

The 2008 Olympics open in Beijing in about a week, and Internet filtering practices in China have again made international headlines as journalists and others experience the so-called Great Firewall firsthand; or, as our colleagues at the OpenNet Initiative blogged yesterday, "On the Olympic stage, the Great Firewall remains a player." The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) team will be monitoring the Internet filtering situation in China during the Olympics.

Berkman Buzz: Week of July 21, 2008

lkoss — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:41:29 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, just sign up here. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

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Thinking through section 201 of the Global Online Freedom Act

syoung — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:10:12 -0400

Over on the Future of the Internet blog, Berkman summer intern Brendan Ballou takes a look at the Global Online Freedom Act being considered by Congress...

Iranian parliament moving toward death penalty for blogging on certain topics

ashar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:18:06 -0400

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog...

Access to Information and Media Control in the P.R.C.

syoung — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0400

Congress' bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is holding a hearing today on "Access to Information and Media Control in the People's Republic of China."

OpenNet Initiative Principal Investigator Ron Deibert, of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, is testifying on a panel about "Access to the Internet and the Participation of U.S. & Western Firms in Chinese Internet Controls."

Internet Filtering: 2007 Year in Review

syoung — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:00:00 -0400

In the thick of Berkman@10's uninterrupted series of major events, announcements, and releases, we feted and discussed the OpenNet Initiative's landmark book on global Internet filtering, Access Denied, published earlier this semester.

Debating democratisation and the Internet

syoung — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 -0400

Dust off your British spelling guides. As part of the Berkman Center’s ongoing tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10 (conference and gala next week!), we’re retrieving some multimedia classics from our past.

Harry Lewis discusses digital censorship in the US as part of the Man Hong Kong Literary Festival

syoung — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:51:27 -0400