Dear LibTech Colleagues I am pleased to announce a new Citizen Lab report that may be of interest to the list. Details are below:
O Pakistan, We Stand on Guard for Thee: An Analysis of Canada-based Netsweeper’s Role in Pakistan’s Censorship Regime https://citizenlab.org/2013/06/o-pakistan/ June 20, 2013 Download PDF version Summary of Key Findings • Netsweeper filtering products have been installed on Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)’s network. PTCL is Pakistan’s largest telecommunications company and also operates the Pakistan Internet Exchange Point. • Netsweeper technology is being implemented in Pakistan on PTCL for the purposes of political and social filtering, including websites of secessionist movements, sensitive religious topics, and independent media. • In addition to using Netsweeper technology to block websites, ISPs also use other less transparent methods, such as DNS tampering. Data The complete list of URLs found blocked, as well as the list of URLs tested, can be found in the following: Complete list of URLs found blocked on PTCL: [CSV][Google Drive] Testing conducted from June 2nd to 13th, 2013 List of URLs tested on PTCL: [CSV][Google Drive] Testing conducted from June 2nd to 13th, 2013 Acknowledgements Citizen Lab would like to thank Bytes for All (B4A) in Pakistan for their assistance in gathering technical data and assisting in the research for this report. Ronald J. Deibert Professor of Political Science Director, The Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and The Citizen Lab Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto r.deib...@utoronto.ca http://deibert.citizenlab.org/ twitter.com/citizenlab
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