ONI Releases Report, "Internet Filtering in Singapore"
Today the university-based OpenNet Initiative (ONI) today released “Internet Filtering in Singapore in 2004-2005,” a report that documents the degree and extent to which the Republic of Singapore controls the information environment in which its citizens live, including websites, blogs, email, and online discussion forums. The Berkman Center is one of three institutions involved in the OpenNet Initiative and three of the report's principal authors are here at the Berkman Center: John Palfrey, Jonathan Zittrain, and Derek Bambauer.
Drawing from technical, legal, and political sources, ONI’s research finds that Singapore’s state-mandated Internet filtering system targets only minimal content. ONI found that only eight of 1,632 tested sites were blocked at any point during testing. Sites blocked by the Republic of Singapore include a few pornographic URLs, an illegal drug site, and a fanatical religious site. Compared to other countries with mandatory filtering regimes that ONI has closely studied, such as China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, Singapore’s technical filtering system is among the most limited.
Click here to read the report: http://www.opennetinitiative.net/singapore/.
If you are a member of the press and would like to speak to authors of the report, please call Amanda Michel at (617) 495-5236.
Drawing from technical, legal, and political sources, ONI’s research finds that Singapore’s state-mandated Internet filtering system targets only minimal content. ONI found that only eight of 1,632 tested sites were blocked at any point during testing. Sites blocked by the Republic of Singapore include a few pornographic URLs, an illegal drug site, and a fanatical religious site. Compared to other countries with mandatory filtering regimes that ONI has closely studied, such as China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, Singapore’s technical filtering system is among the most limited.
Click here to read the report: http://www.opennetinitiative.net/singapore/.
If you are a member of the press and would like to speak to authors of the report, please call Amanda Michel at (617) 495-5236.