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Is Twitter Down? Maybe Herdict Knows!
This morning, a flood of Herdict reports rushed in, telling us that Twitter was inaccessible in the United States. Of course, Twitter addicts that we are, we already knew, and some of us had already...
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Department of Defense Blocks Iraq Troops’ Access to Pro-LGBT Website
Last Saturday, The Hill reported that the Department of Defense was actively blocking access to the Courage Campaign website from troops currently stationed in Iraqi. According to reports, a soldier...
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Former Iranian President’s Website Blocked in Iran
The Telegraph UK reported a few weeks ago that Iran’s government has recently blocked Iranian ex-President Mohammad Khatami’s website, khatami.ir. Led by current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the...
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Twitter Inaccessible in Egypt Amid Ongoing Protests
Reports coming out of Egypt today indicate that Twitter has become inaccessible in the country amid civil unrest in the country. TechCruch cited Herdict reports today as they continue covering the...
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China Lifts Ban on LinkedIn
Earlier last week, major media sources reported that China blocked popular professional networking site LinkedIn in the country. Bloggers and sources from China report that the ban was quickly lifted...
View ArticleNational Science Foundation Blocks Global Voices Advocacy
Last Wednesday, Berkman Senior Researcher Ethan Zuckerman reported that the National Science Foundation’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., had blocked the Global Voices Advocacy website. A friend of...
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Syria goes mostly offline as protests intensify
Crossposted from the OpenNet Initiative Renesys is reporting that as of 3:35 UTC (6:35 local time) on Friday, June 3, the majority of Syrian networks were disconnected from the global Internet. A graph...
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Syrian Networks and Government Websites Back Up After 24 Hour Outage
On Friday morning, the government-sponsored news agency Syria News reported Internet outages in Damascus, Aleppo, and other provinces. Shortly thereafter, the outage was covered by sources from The...
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Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again
Last Friday, activists from Syria reported an Internet slowdown amid continued protests. The following chart from the Google Transparency Report confirms that Internet connectivity was spotty and...
View ArticleChina’s New Leaders and the Strengthening of Online Censorship
Internet censorship in China, which has long been pervasive, has become even greater in recent weeks, to the point that even those in China who could usually find ways to get around the imposed...
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