Archive for the 'Censorship Circumvention' Category

• 2.15.08 Psiphon posted in Censorship Circumvention

  Psiphon has been awarded top honours by Netxplorateur. Congratulations to all those who worked on Psiphon over the years.
  Psiphon, an Internet censorship evading software project developed by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has been deemed “the world’s most original, significant and exemplary Net and Digital Initiative” by a panel of French and international government, [...]

• 2.13.08 News Cluster: China posted in Censorship Circumvention, Internet Censorship, Internet Surveillance

  There has been a flurry of articles on Internet censorship in China recently. One very interesting AFP article suggests that China may relax its restrictions and allow access to some sites currently blocked by the GFW:
  Plans to tear down the so-called Great Firewall of China were being debated and a decision was expected soon, said [...]

• 12.15.07 Index On Censorship: Evasion Tactics posted in Anonymity, Censorship Circumvention, Internet Censorship, Internet Surveillance, Notice and Takedown

  The journal Index on Censorship has published an article I wrote. In it I argue that there is a failure to recognise Internet censorship and surveillance as a growing global concern. There is a tendency instead to criticise the most infamous offenders-notably China and Iran-and to overlook repressive practices elsewhere. There is, however, a growing [...]

• 11.10.07 Anti-Censorship/Privacy Enhancing Technologies posted in Anonymity, Censorship Circumvention, Free Expression, Internet Surveillance

  This article in Foreign Policy is representative of accounts of the development and use of anti-Censorship/privacy enhancing technologies that only tell part of the story. While technologies such as Tor and psiphon are given great treatment, the frame used to contextualize their use gives the misleading impression that they are only used in “repressive” countries:
  One [...]

• 10.11.07 BYPASSING CENSORSHIP posted in Censorship Circumvention, Free Expression

  The Citizen Lab has released “Everyone’s Guide to Bypassing Internet Censorship (pdf)”. It was a team effort to produce the guide and I’m very pleased to have contributed to it. I’ve long argued that users can benefit from circumvention technology the most when the carefully select the technology that meets their specific needs.
  The guide [...]