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ONI Presents Social Media Filtering Maps
Friday, September 4th, 2009ONI Presents Social Media Filtering Maps: “(ONI)
The summer of 2009 was a hectic one for online social media: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and a bevy of other sites fell under the censors’ axe in China and Iran as political events ? namely the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the Iranian presidential election ? shook both countries. Based on testing conducted in 2008-2009, the OpenNet Initiative has compiled data on the most frequently blocked social media sites around the world. We are proud to present five new social media filtering maps that serve as easy visual guides to the countries where Facebook, Flickr, Orkut, Twitter and YouTube are blocked.
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(Via QuickLinks Update.)
CA – Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Rules Internet Hate Provision Unconstitutional
Friday, September 4th, 2009CA – Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Rules Internet Hate Provision Unconstitutional: “(Michael Geist)
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that the Internet hate provision found in the Human Rights Act is unconstitutional. The Tribunal ruled that the restriction on speech imposed by the provision is not a reasonable limit under Section 1 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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(Via QuickLinks Update.)
