Media Watchdog Names 'Enemies of the Internet'
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The annual report also draws up a list of countries "under surveillance," for censoring certain online content or punishing users for illegal downloads. Countries on that list include Australia, France, India, Egypt and South Korea. The report also says cyberattacks in the form of "distributed denials of service" are widespread - including in Russia, where it says a series of such attacks on the eve of the December parliamentary elections took place with the aim of stifling political discussion. In Belarus, the report says web users trying to connect to a social networking site were redirected to sites containing malicious software.
Reporters Without Borders says Pakistan is seeking to create a national Internet filtering system, which could land it on the "enemies" list next year. (Washington Post). (Photo: Copyright Control).
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RWB's 2012 Enemies of the Internet |
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