First, governments blocked Blogspot. Then they blocked Facebook, and then Twitter. And just when technophiles all over the globe started groaning, a couple of governments got a bit wiser to social media and, rather than block the entire platform for the transgressions of one user, began blocking individual accounts instead. Notably, this has happened in […]

Although Tunisia has actively sought to develop its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, the government continues to pervasively block a range of Web content and has used nontechnical means to impede journalists and human rights activists from doing their work. The filtering of political content and restrictions on online activity has […]

Political opposition websites in North African countries, particularly in Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, are becoming a primary target of hackers. This new phenomenon of defacing opposition and dissident websites emerged first in Tunisia, where at least 14 websites and blogs were targeted between 2007 and 2008, and seems to be spreading across the region as a result of the attempt to muzzle free speech both online and offline.

Intrusion, prise de contrôle et destruction totale de comptes email, réception de messages d’erreurs, apparition de messages farfelus qui disparaissent après consultation, ce sont là quelques-unes des fâcheuses mésaventures qui constituent le quotidien de certains utilisateurs tunisiens des services de messagerie électronique. D’après les différents témoignages recueillis de Tunisie, il semblerait qu’une personne ou une […]

Tunisia blocked access to both popular video-sharing websites, Youtube and Dailymotion, in order to prevent Tunisian netizens from watching video content featuring testimonies from former political prisoners and human rights activists. However, and as shown in this example, Tunisian cyberactivists are successful enough in besieging Carthage presidential palace, on Google Earth, with tens of human rights videos.

The fake “404″ error message received today when trying to access Dailymotion.
Dailymotion, France’s YouTube-like video sharing site has been blocked, again, in Tunisia. Still unclear if the government-controlled body, ATI (Agence Tunisienne d’Internet), throw whom all Tunisia’s ISPs are operating, has imposed the ban.
On April 1st, 2007, Dailymotion was blocked in Tunisia for almost […]

“403 Access Denied Checker” was developed by the Tunisian blogger and activist Astrubal. It is not a circumvention tool. It has been designed to help activists in nations with extensive online censorship to test local blockages.