Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780262266031

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

Access controlled :the shaping of power, rights, and rule in cyberspace

Report from the OpenNet Initiative.Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely of building firewalls at key Internet gateways; China's famous "Great Firewall of China" is one of the…

Access denied :the practice and policy of global Internet filtering

Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens--most often about politics, but sometimes relating to sexuality, culture, or religion. Access Denied documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in more than three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of an accelerat…

Access Controlled : The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Reports on a new generation of Internet controls that establish a new normative terrain in which surveillance and censorship are routine. Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely…