‼️ Russia blocked access to one of our platforms, OONI Explorer: a large open dataset on internet censorship worldwide
https://explorer.ooni.org

OONI Explorer documents the blocking of OONI Explorer in #Russia. 🐙

Learn more through our latest report: https://ooni.org/post/2024-russia-blocked-ooni-explorer/

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#ooni #censorship #opendata

‼️ Our analysis of OONI data from #Kazakhstan reveals:

• TLS Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) attacks
• Blocking of at least 17 news media websites
• Blocking of petition sites & of the Russian language edition of Amnesty International's website
• Blocking of at least 73 circumvention tool websites

Learn more: https://ooni.org/post/2024-kazakhstan-report/#ooni-censorship-measurement-findings

#ooni #censorship #report #opendata

Our report shares censorship findings based on the analysis of OONI data collected from #Kazakhstan, as well as legal analysis and interviews with a few media representatives.

Learn more:
https://ooni.org/post/2024-kazakhstan-report/
https://ooni.org/ru/post/2024-kazakhstan-report/

#ooni #censorship #report #opendata

📢 Today, in collaboration w/ Eurasian Digital Foundation & Internet Freedom Kazakhstan (IFKZ), we co-published a new research report documenting TLS MITM attacks & various blocks in #Kazakhstan.

Read our report in:
• English: https://ooni.org/post/2024-kazakhstan-report/
• Russian: https://ooni.org/ru/post/2024-kazakhstan-report/
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#ooni #censorship #report #opendata

‼️ OONI data from #Kazakhstan shows the blocking of at least 17 news media websites, including:
• Many Russian news media websites
• A few Kyrgyz news media websites (e.g. Kloop)
• One international news website (Vice News)

Learn more: https://ooni.org/post/2024-kazakhstan-report/#blocking-of-news-media-websites

#ooni #censorship #report #opendata

When #Algorithms Fail: Ancient Origins' Battle with #Facebook #Censorship

source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/facebook-censorship-0021448

Blocking content related to sensitive historical events, such as how the #Nazi Party rose to power, undermines efforts to educate the public about these topics. This may contribute to ‘historical amnesia’, where the lessons of the past are forgotten, increasing the risk of repeating similar mistakes.

#history #education #news #fail #socialnetwork #internet #moderation #freedom #web #economy

When Algorithms Fail: Ancient Origins' Battle with Facebook Censorship

Once again, Ancient Origins has fallen victim to Facebook\'s censorship system, this time for publishing a factual account of how the National Socialist Party (the Nazi Party) rose to power and exploited myths and false histories to gain popularity a…

^{ancient origins (Ancient Origins)}

#Facebook owner bans Russian state #media networks

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gllnx0p40o

Facebook owner Meta says it is banning several Russian state media networks, alleging they use deceptive tactics to conduct influence operations and avoid detection on its platforms.

#russia #news #censorship #politics #freespeech

Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media networks

Russian state media outlets have come under increased scrutiny in Western countries.

^{Peter Hoskins (BBC News)}

[ SHARE ] Are You #Developer Interested In #Anonymity / #Darknet / #Censorship Resistant / #FreeSpeech #freedom #Technology?

🧄 🔐 I2P Can Use New Applications & Maintainers (I2P messengers, etc)

By @sadiedoreen (I2P team) - reach out, can confirm friendly! 🤓

Great opportunity to collaborate, on an uncompromising, principled #anonymity network, w/active dev OVER 20 years! 😀

➡️ If not, share this toot. Help spread the word!

#I2P #internet #anonymous #code #privacy

https://theoverlay.ghost.io/sustainability-and-standards-we-need-to-talk-about-building-censorship-circumvention-infrastructure/

Sustainability and Standards: We Need To Talk About Building Censorship Circumvention Infrastructure

Funding for FOSS projects needs to incorporate multi-year contracts for maintainers. This would ideally be someone who has experience and can assess and help a team implement best practices, policy and documentation as part of the contract.

^{Sadie Mascis (The Overlay)}

Interview: Richard Medhurst is the first journalist to be arrested under the UK terrorism act for “speech crimes”. He was released, but wasn't told which of his statements re Palestine were deemed "criminal."

So now I don't know what I can & can't say under the act. They're making an example of me & "trying to see what they can get away with," said Medhurst.

It's the new fascism, says lawyer Dima Khalidi.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2024/9/8/are-restrictions-on-pro-palestine-speech-the-new-mccarthyism

#USPol #UKPol #Censorship #Fascism ..

Are restrictions on pro-Palestine speech ‘the new McCarthyism?’

Is there an attempt to chill debate on Palestine and Israel on both sides of the Atlantic?

^{Al Jazeera}

"Several large American #publishers sued #Florida…over a state law that prohibits sexual content in school #libraries. They argue that the law has ignited a wave of book removals in violation of the #FirstAmendment."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/florida-book-ban-lawsuit.html

PS: This is one of the rare occasions when I side with publishers in a lawsuit. (FYI, see the next post in this thread for the last time this happened.) This is a case in which the interests of publishers, authors, and readers align.

#BookBans #Censorship