1. Lecture 4 Internet censorship. Part 2
Khamitov Alim Nadimovich

2. Agenda Which censorship is the strongest? China Iran Saudi Arabia
Birma
Belarus
North Korea
Cuba
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Syria
How to avoid blocking? (Ultrasurf program)
Google Bombing

3. Some facts before we begin…
199 bloggers are arrested (China, Iran, Vietnam)
“Internet enemies”: Bahrain, Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
Reporters without borders

4. China “Great Firewall of China” ( The Golden Shield Project)
Search engines do not index:
Wikileaks
Websites about human rights
Do not process queries about Freedom, Tibet, Dalai Lama

5. China
Government uses Chinese Social Networks – get to know corruption cases and insubordination
Block any collective activities, blog posts about censorship, 13 % messages in Social Networks
May 35
Need salt?

6. Iran > 1 mln websites are blocked (even Facebook)
Porn content  Penalty of death
Cyberpolice
Internet-café – control through the passport information, log files, and video cameras
Where have you also seen this?

7. Saudi Arabia Controlled proxy-servers
Outlaw: fight for human rights, gaming, aggression, religion (only Islam)

8. Birma Internet use < 1% Government just simply blocks internet
Blogger Zarganar was sentenced to 59 years in prison for putting some videos of destruction after Cyclone "Nargis" in 2008

9. Belarus Internet-café – users’ info is saved
Individuals websites must be hosted in Belarus
Independent websites are blocked

10. Cuba Average monthly income - 13 euros
4 euros / hour – Internet access
SO – it is under control

11. North Korea Average monthly income - 27 euros
6 euros / hour – Internet access
Internet privilege: Diplomats, members of the national security service, high-ranking officials and advocates of Juche for outside world.

12. Turkmenistan Only one provider – “Turkmentelekom”
First internet access points !!!
Blocked: YouTube, Facebook, LiveJournal, Gmail.com
Month of unlimited internet – $ 7 000
Cheapest internet - $ 43 (64 kb/s, limit 2 GB)
No satellite dishes

13. Bahrain and Syria Content is filtered based on religion and politics
Photos / video from the protests, any criticism of the government is punishable by a prison term

14. Uzbekistan Blocked: 250 web resources “Arab spring”
Bloggers are arrested

15. Google bombing
More evil than satan himself («большее зло, чем сам сатана» - Microsoft website
«Геморрой за деньги» - Microsoft website (Yandex, 2006)
«Количество дебилов в России». Яндекс год vkontakte.ru, более 60 миллионов людей
«Сайт Бога» Google выдавал официальный сайт Аркадия Укупника
«Партия жуликов и воров» Google 2011 год официальный сайт Единой России.
«Бюро похорон» Google официальный сайт Минздравсоцразвития.

16. Ideas to think about… Government can block some servers… BUT
One server can monitor several websites
If one web resource is blocked, what is going to happen with other resources?

17. Ultrasurf.us

18. Examples