Access denied : the practice and policy of global Internet filtering / edited by Ronald Deibert [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deibert, Ronald.

Series:

Information revolution & global politics

The information revolution and global politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers--Access control.

Computers.

Internet--Censorship.

Internet.

Internet--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 449 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens--most often about politics, but sometimes relating to sexuality, culture, or religion. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in more than three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of an accelerating trend. Internet filtering takes place in more than three dozen states worldwide, including many countries in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Related Internet content-control mechanisms are also in place in Canada, the United States and a cluster of countries in Europe. Drawing on a just-completed survey of global Internet filtering undertaken by the OpenNet Initiative (a collaboration of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, and the University of Cambridge) and relying on work by regional experts and an extensive network of researchers, Access Denied examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. Chapters discuss the mechanisms and politics of Internet filtering, the strengths and limitations of the technology that powers it, the relevance of international law, ethical considerations for corporations that supply states with the tools for blocking and filtering, and the implications of Internet filtering for activist communities that increasingly rely on Internet technologies for communicating their missions. Reports on Internet content regulation in forty different countries follow, with each two-page country profile outlining the types of content blocked by category and documenting key findings. ContributorsRoss Anderson, Malcolm Birdling, Ronald Deibert, Robert Faris, Vesselina Haralampieva [as per Rob Faris], Steven Murdoch, Helmi Noman, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Mary Rundle, Nart Villeneuve, Stephanie Wang, Jonathan Zittrainches.

Contents:

1 Measuring Global Internet Filtering / Robert Faris, Nart Villeneuve 5

2 Internet Filtering: The Politics and Mechanisms of Control / Jonathan Zittrain, John Palfrey 29

3 Tools and Technology of Internet Filtering / Steven J. Murdoch, Ross Anderson 57

4 Filtering and the International System: A Question of Commitment / Mary Rundle, Malcolm Birdling 73

5 Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet / Jonathan Zittrain, John Palfrey 103

6 Good for Liberty, Bad for Security? Global Civil Society and the Securitization of the Internet / Ronald Deibert, Rafal Rohozinski 123

Regional Overviews 151

Asia 155

Australia and New Zealand 166

Commonwealth of Independent States 177

Europe 186

Latin America 197

Middle East and North Africa 207

Sub-Saharan Africa 213

United States and Canada 226

Country Summaries 235

Afghanistan 240

Algeria 245

Azerbaijan 249

Bahrain 254

Belarus 258

China (including Hong Kong) 263

Cuba 272

Egypt 276

Ethiopia 281

India 286

Iran 292

Iraq 300

Israel 304

Jordan 308

Kazakhstan 312

Kyrgyzstan 317

Libya 321

Malaysia 325

Moldova 329

Morocco 333

Myanmar (Burma) 338

Nepal 343

North Korea 347

Oman 350

Pakistan 355

Saudi Arabia 360

Singapore 364

South Korea 369

Sudan 375

Syria 380

Tajikistan 385

Thailand 390

Tunisia 395

Ukraine 400

United Arab Emirates 405

Uzbekistan 409

Venezuela 416

Vietnam 420

Yemen 425

Zimbabwe 429.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262255998

0262255995

9781435631717

1435631714

OCLC:

209068582

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access