Monday, November 22, 2004

The Saudi-Wide Web

 
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:04:34 -0500
From: Nart Villeneuve nart@citizenlab.org
 

The Saudi-Wide Web     

National Filtering The OpenNet Initiative has just released a new study documenting Internet filtering in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ONI researchers tested over 60,000 Web addresses during a three-year period and found that the most aggressive censorship focused on pornography (98% of sites tested blocked), drugs (86%), and gambling (93%). The study also explains how filtering occurs: the Saudi system uses a combination of commercial software from the United States (Secure Computing'SmartFilter) and input from expert local staff and Saudi citizens to control the availability of Web sites inside the Kingdom. For the first time, ONI's tests differentiate SmartFilter's blocking from blocking put in place specifically by Saudi Arabia's Internet Services Unit personnel. As
the ONI's research reveals, even though the system is relatively transparent and evident to users, errors and over-blocking still occur.

The full country study is available at:

The OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative research partnership among the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Harvard University; the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto; and the Advanced Network Research Group at the Cambridge Security Programme (Centre for International Studies), University of Cambridge.

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