NEW: Internet Monitor’s latest report from Helmi Noman analyzes how conflicts between states in the Middle East & North Africa region translate into Internet censorship practices cyber.harvard.edu/publication/20…

How do conflicts between states in the MENA region translate into Internet censorship practices? Internet Monitor's latest report, by Helmi Noman, finds that governments are increasingly blocking content from rival states: thenetmonitor.org/bulletins/inte…

Internet censorship in the MENA region includes censoring sites and content from other nearby governments. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Egypt block Iranian content and vice versa, and SA and UAE's Qatari boycott extends to a number of Qatari sites, including sports networks.

New Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society report: Internet Censorship and the Intraregional Geopolitical Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa cyber.harvard.edu/publication/20…

ICYMI: the latest report from Internet Monitor and Helmi Noman investigates how adversarial relationships between states in the MENA region translate into Internet censorship practices. cyber.harvard.edu/publication/20…

Fascinating study on Middle Eastern & North African states using internet censorship for #geoeconomic and political goals--e.g. blocking rival companies' websites & filtering out rival politics, via Internet Monitor Helmi Noman bit.ly/2Gn2xlC

"South Korea expands internet censorship to HTTPS with first countrywide use of SNI filtering" privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/02/s… h/t Griffin 🫠

A new project is looking to hire part-time researchers to help improve url testing lists for select countries in the MENA region and Turkey, Pakistan, China and Iran: telegra.ph/Internet-Censo…

Several Sudanese govt websites (gov.sd) have been offline. Anonymous claimed responsibility in December shortly after the start of street protests africatimes.com/2018/12/26/act…

The BKC/MIT Media Lab Assembly cohort is coming together to tackle ethics and AI. Check out the crew of 17 technologists, managers, policymakers, and other professionals who will be joining us for the next 4 months! cyber.harvard.edu/story/2019-03/…

The Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit this week, supporting @cironline in a case re: FOIA and access to gov't databases. Amici include data journalists, journalism profs, and media-related organizations. clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2019/03/29/cli…

I wrote about how Internet protocols can advance or hinder the protection of human rights online for @HarvardKSR. The article is out now, check it out! ksr.hkspublications.org/2019/05/13/wha…

New: Our Internet Monitor project just launched AccessCheck, a tool that allows people to test the accessibility of websites in countries around the world in real time. Learn more: cyber.harvard.edu/story/2019-06/…

How do you know if a website has gone dark in another part of the world? Try out accesscheck.thenetmonitor.org, a new tool from Internet Monitor Learn more in our weekly newsletter: mailchi.mp/cyber/the-buzz…

Next Generation OONI Explorer Launched! 🎉🐙🚀✨ explorer.ooni.org Uncover evidence of internet censorship worldwide. 🌍 Open data by the global OONI community. 💙 Learn what's new in OONI Explorer 2.0: ooni.org/post/next-gene… #censorship #OpenData

To what degree is English-language Wikipedia successful in moderating harmful speech? A BKC research team explored this question and more 👇👇👇cyber.harvard.edu/publication/20…

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