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Country Profile: Saudi Arabia
Background Saudi Arabia is a monarchy without elected political institutions.1 The ruling Al Saud family has presided over the Islamic nation and accumulated a poor human rights record. At times there has been increased discussion of sensitive subjects,...
- Posted on 10/May/2007; tagged in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Saudi Arabia -
ONI Blog: Internet Censorship in Saudi
Saudi Arabia has one of the most restrictive Internet filters in the world, yet according to BusinessWeek news reports, the Saudi censorship regime is vastly unlike that of most countries. Employing a mere twenty-five people, the country’s Communication and...
- Posted on 30/Nov/2008; tagged in Human rights, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), ONI, Political filtering, Saudi Arabia, Social filtering, Surveillance, Voluntary filtering -
ONI Blog: Saudi journalist to Western journalists in Beijing on Internet filtering: “quit your belly aching”
Saudi journalist Molouk Y. Ba-Isa wrote an interesting article in Saudi Arabia’s principal English daily (Arab News) in which she reminds the Western journalists covering the 2008 Olympics in Beijing that censorship for people like her in countries such as Saudi...
- Posted on 14/Aug/2008; tagged in Human rights, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political filtering, Saudi Arabia, Social filtering -
ONI Blog: In the News: Hints of Net Liberalization in Certain Spaces, Increased Clamps in Others
On top of all the excitement at WSIS, there have been some recent articles examining freedom of information on the Net in the Arab world and beyond. The UAE has recently legalized VOIP, the technology that enables Internet telephony. Arab...
- Posted on 15/Nov/2005; tagged in Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates -
ONI Blog: The Market for Unfiltered Internet Access
Foreign Policy writes about the market for access to blocked Web sites in states that filter the Internet. The piece relies on ONI's Saudi Arabia research and quotes principal investigator Ron Deibert. ...
- Posted on 22/Mar/2005; tagged in Saudi Arabia -
ONI Blog: Internet Filtering in Saudi Arabia in 2004
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...
- Posted on 17/Nov/2004; tagged in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Publications, Saudi Arabia -
Report: Internet Filtering in Saudi Arabia in 2004
1. Introduction and Executive Summary A. Summary B. Our Research C. Blocking Patterns In Saudi Arabia D. Overblocking E. Conclusion 2. Overview of the Internet and Filtering in Saudi Arabia A. History B. Control Infrastructure ...
- Posted on 01/Oct/2004; tagged in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Publications, Saudi Arabia -
ONI Blog: Gay and Lesbian Website Blocked in Saudi Arabia
ONI confirms reports by Reporters Without Borders that the LGBT news and information web site, GayMiddleEast.com, has been blocked in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the popular web sites gay.com, gaydar.com, and 365gay.com have also been blocked. Further testing has revealed that the...
- Posted on 25/Mar/2004; tagged in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Publications, Saudi Arabia -
Report: Bulletin 002: GayMiddleEast.com blocked in Saudi Arabia
March 22, 2004 Contents: - Screen Captures - Enumeration Results - Methodology & Limitations As reported by Reporters Without Borders the LGBT news and information web site, GayMiddleEast.com, has been blocked in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the popular web sites gay.com,...
- Posted on 22/Feb/2004; tagged in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Publications, Saudi Arabia -