NetProphet: Fear and self-censorship on the Uzbek Internet
Uzbekistan has the most severe restrictions on Internet use in Central Asia, according to a recent report on the state of Internet Continue reading
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Archive for: July 2012
NetProphet: Bulgaria e-gov project to shine light on government spending
Bulgaria will start publishing daily data on government spending in August as part of the country’s Open Government Initiative. The Ministry of Finance Continue reading
NetProphet: Russia investing millions in high-tech campus near Moscow
Russia intends to diversify its economy away from dependence on the export of raw materials by funding its own version of Continue reading
NetProphet: Russia’s human rights council, Wikipedia protest internet ‘censorship’ bill
A bill proposing a single blacklist of illegal websites came under fire from the Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council because Continue reading
NetProphet: Google takedown requests on the rise in Eastern Europe
Google released its transparency report for 2011 last month, revealing that more governments in Eastern Europe were monitoring the online Continue reading
NetProphet: Russian courts struggle to adhere to online transparency law
Two years after the enactment of a law that required all courts–except closed courts–to publish their rulings online, legal experts Continue reading
