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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Deibert, Ronald (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press ©2008.
Series:The information revolution and global politics
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422989506719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Measuring Global Internet Filtering; 2 Internet Filtering: The Politics and Mechanisms of Control; 3 Tools and Technology of Internet Filtering; 4 Filtering and the International System: A Question of Commitment; 5 Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet; 6 Good for Liberty, Bad for Security? Global Civil Society and the Securitization of the Internet; Introduction to the Regional Overviews; Internet Filtering in Asia; Internet Filtering in Australia and New Zealand
  • Internet Filtering in the Commonwealth of Independent StatesInternet Filtering in Europe; Internet Filtering in Latin America; Internet Filtering in the Middle East and North Africa; Internet Filtering in Sub-Saharan Africa; Internet Filtering in the United States and Canada; Introduction to theCountry Summaries; Afghanistan; Algeria; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Belarus; China (including Hong Kong); Cuba; Egypt; Ethiopia; India; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Libya; Malaysia; Moldova; Morocco; Myanmar (Burma); Nepal; North Korea; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Singapore
  • South KoreaSudan; Tajikistan; Thailand; Tunisia; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Zimbabwe; Contributors; Index