Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering - Book Review

Deibert, Ronald J.; Palfrey, John; Rohozinski, Rafal; Zittrain, Jonathan

doi:10.1109/tpc.2009.2032378

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“…Often referred to as "The Great Firewall of China", the Chinese Internet censorship system relies on a diverse set of censorship strategies ranging from website filtering (Deibert, Palfrey, Rohozinski, & Zittrain, 2008) to internal blog content monitoring and blocking (MacKinnon, 2008) and often includes legal measures that lead to the prosecution of bloggers using existing laws (Liang & Lu, 2010, pp. 116-117).…”

Section: The Rise Of Internet Censorshipmentioning

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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools: Escaping the Control of the Syrian Regime

Al-Saqaf

2016

MaC

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Studies have shown that authoritarian regimes tend to censor the media to limit potential threats to the status quo. While such censorship practices were traditionally aimed at broadcast and print media, the emergence of the Internet and social media in particular, prompted some authoritarian regimes, such as the Assad regime in Syria, to try and exert a similar level of censorship on the Internet as well. During the Arab Spring, the Syrian regime blocked hundreds of websites that provided social networking, news, and other services. Taking Syria as a case study, this paper examines whether Internet censorship succeeded in preventing Internet users from reaching censored online content during 2010−2012. By analyzing the use of Alkasir, a censorship circumvention tool created by the author, the paper provides empirical evidence demonstrating that users were in fact able to bypass censorship and access blocked websites. The findings demonstrate that censorship circumvention tools constituted a threat to the information control systems of authoritarian regimes, highlighting the potential of such tools to promote online freedom of expression in countries where Internet censorship is prevalent.

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Section: The Rise Of Internet Censorshipmentioning

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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools: Escaping the Control of the Syrian Regime

Al-Saqaf

2016

MaC

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“…It provides tangible benefits to the Cuban state 3 and reinforces dominant revolutionary narratives through content selection and access limitations, though offers little in the way of participation. As many scholars from various backgrounds have pointed out, la Red Cubana has thus far served to solidify rather than dissolve extant systems of power, and for most Cubans, Internet technologies offer few opportunities for anti-state collective action (Boas, 2000;Deibert, Palfrey, Rohozinski, Zittrain, & Stein, 2008;Kalathil & Boas, 2001, 2003Mohr, 2007). In many global contexts where blogging is commonplace, online criticism without 3 See, for an exemplary case of a highly beneficial domestic informatics program, INFOMED, Cuba's internal health network that connects health specialists and patients across the island.…”

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Digitizing dissent: cyborg politics and fluid networks in contemporary Cuban activism

Kellogg

2016

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Communication technologies shape how political activist networks are produced and maintain themselves. In Cuba, despite ideologically and physically oppressive practices by the state, a severe lack of Internet access, and extensive government surveillance, a small network of bloggers and cyberactivists has achieved international visibility and recognition for its critiques of the Cuban government. This qualitative study examines the blogger collective known as Voces Cubanas in Havana, Cuba in 2012, advancing a new approach to the study of transnational activism and the role of technology in the construction of political narrative. Voces Cubanas is analyzed as a network of connections between human and nonhuman actors that produces and sustains powerful political alliances. Voces Cubanas and its allies work collectively to co-produce contentious political discourses, confronting the dominant ideologies and knowledges produced by the Cuban state. Transnational alliances, the act of translation, and a host of unexpected and improvised technologies play central roles in the production of these narratives, indicating new breed of cyborg sociopolitical action reliant upon fluid and flexible networks and the act of writing. KEYWORDSCyberactivism; transnational activism; blog; social media; transparency. RESUMENLas tecnologías de comunicación determinan cómo se forman y se mantienen las redes político-activistas. En Cuba, a pesar de prácticas ideológicamente y físicamente opresivas por el estado, una escasez severa de acceso al internet y amplia vigilancia gubernamental, una red pequeña de blogueros y ciberactivistas ha logrado visibilidad y reconocimiento internacional por sus críticas al gobierno cubano. Este análisis cualitativo investiga el colectivo bloguero Voces Cubanas en La Habana, Cuba en 2012, desarrollando una nueva estrategia para el estudio del activismo transnacional y el papel de la tecnología en la construcción de narrativas políticas. Voces Cubanas se analiza como una red de conexiones entre actores humanos y no humanos que produce y sostiene poderosas alianzas políticas. Voces Cubanas y sus aliados trabajan colectivamente para coproducir discursos políticos disputados, enfrentando las ideologías y conocimientos dominantes producidos por el estado cubano. Alianzas transnacionales, el acto de traducción, y una abundancia de tecnologías inesperadas e improvisadas tienen papeles centrales en la producción de estas narrativas, indicando una nueva variedad de acción sociopolítica ciborg que depende de redes fluidas y flexibles y el acto de escribir.

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“…Ooredoo currently does not have a clear policy on corporate social responsibility related to freedom of expression and digital rights. In contrast, Ooredoo has in the past accepted the Qatari government's internet censorship request by blocking VoIP -Skype services in the country, and by using SmartFilter, an internet filter used also in autocratic regimes including Iran, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Sudan, and Tunisia, (Deibert, Palfrey, Rohozinski, & Zittrain, 2008) to block websites deemed inappropriate for the "national morality and customs." In Myanmar Ooredoo faces additional problems as its perception as a "Muslim" company has been negatively received by Myanmar's Buddhist leaders.…”

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Internet Governance Capacity Building in Post-Authoritarian Contexts. Telecom Reform and Human Rights in Myanmar

Calderaro

2015

SSRN Journal

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Myanmar is undergoing profound socio-political transitions, including rapid developments of its telecommunication infrastructures and related policy frameworks that involves both infrastructural and governance challenges. By focusing on the various stages of the connectivity building plan over the first 3 years since its launch in 2012, this paper explores how Myanmar is developing its internet policy capacity building, in the framework of the broader transnational internet governance debate. In particular, this paper addresses whether and how the new national telecom infrastructure and the related governance framework has been designed and implemented in respect of digital rights, notably freedom of expression and right of privacy. By process tracing the initiatives shaping the on-going connectivity building plan, the paper discusses the role of actors involved in this process, including civil society organizations, private companies, and foreign governments; whether we are witnessing any bottom up forms of internet governance practices; opportunities and eventual threats for citizens related to the implementation this connectivity plan; and finally, it tests and proposes a novel empirically driven theoretical framework aiming at expanding our understanding on the diffusion of global internet governance norms in developing connectivity in post-authoritarian contexts.

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Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering - Book Review

Cited by 28 publications

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Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools: Escaping the Control of the Syrian Regime

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Internet Governance Capacity Building in Post-Authoritarian Contexts. Telecom Reform and Human Rights in Myanmar

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