Correction: We incorrectly remarked that ISP Yota admitted to blocking three sites (below). In fact, users have complained that they cannot access those sites, however, Yota has only acknowledged blocking access to “sites that are classified as extremist by the Justice Ministry” such as the Chechen “rebel” site Kavkazcenter.com. According to a recent article in The […]
This week, Herdict is proud to announce the latest addition to its bundle of fantastic tools…the Herdict Discussion Board (a.k.a. Herdict Commons). Herdict Commons aims to serve as a haven for discussions that go beyond the comments section of the Herdict Reporter; as a place to answer the “what” and “why” of an inaccessible report. […]
One of the common misconceptions we hear is that internet filtering only happens abroad. Certainly, there are some governments with more restrictive policies than others, and we track those. But, filtering is not just an “over there” practice. TechCrunch began reporting yesterday that AT&T was blocking some bulletin boards maintained on the 4chan.org site. The twittersphere […]
