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The level of Internet censorship in the Arab Spring was escalated. Lack of Internet freedom was a tactic employed by authorities to quell protests. Rulers and governments across the Arab world utilized the law, technology, and violence to control what was being posted on and disseminated through the Internet.
Censorship is a policy used by governments to retain control over their people by preventing the public from viewing information considered by the republic as holding the potential to incite a rebellion. The majority of nations in the Middle East censor the media, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab ...
In 2014, Reporters Without Borders described the government as, "relentless in its censorship of the Saudi media and the Internet," and in 2018, it ranked Saudi Arabia 169th out of 180 countries for freedom of the press. [1] [2]
Internet connectivity between Syria and the outside world shut down in late November 2011, [4] and again in early May 2013. [5] Syria was one of the five countries on the Reporters Without Borders organization's March 2013 list of "State Enemies of the Internet". [6] Syria's Internet was cut off more than ten times in 2013, and again in March ...
In March 2011, Reporters Without Borders removed Tunisia and Egypt from its "Internet enemies" list to its list of countries "under surveillance". [2] However, there are also warnings that Internet censorship in other countries might increase following the events of the Arab Spring. [3] [4]
The United Arab Emirates has announced the addition of a new over-21 age classification to its motion picture rating system that could become a milestone in moving the needle against censorship ...
Social networks were not the only instruments available for internet users to communicate their efforts, with protesters in countries with limited internet access, such as Yemen and Libya, using electronic media devices like cell phones, emails, and video clips (e.g. YouTube) to coordinate and attract international support. [2]
Using free and open-source software, the Open Observatory of Network Interference has built a “decentralized, citizen-led, internet censorship observatory.”