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CENSORING THE WEB

The OpenNet Initiative conducted research in 41 countries suspected of Internet censorship. In some countries, such as India, the filtering is quite limited; but in others, such as China and Iran, it is extensive. The breakdown:

Evidence of filtering:

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Burma

China

Ethiopia

India

Iran

Jordan

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Korea

Sudan

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yemen

Suspected filtering:

Belarus

Kazakhstan

No evidence of filtering:

Afghanistan

Algeria

Egypt

Iraq

Israel

Kyrgyzstan

Malaysia

Moldova

Nepal

Russia*

Ukraine

Venezuela

West Bank/Gaza

Zimbabwe

*Based on preliminary tests