Today is 12 March “World Day Against Cyber Censorship”. It is an online event held each year to support unrestricted Internet that is accessible to all and to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online. According to wikipedia this day is first observed on 12 march 2008 at request of two NGO groups Amnesty International(commonly focous on human right) and Reporters without Borders(France based international NGO who promotes freedom of information).
AdBlock, The browser extension that is known for blocking annoying advertisements is also supporting/celebrating World Day Against Cyber Censorship by showing ads of Amnesty. Supporting ads . CEO of Adblock Gabriel Cubbage published a post called “Why AdBlock Is “Un-Blocking” Amnesty Banners Today” on their website for support Censorship.
According to a Paris-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, started publishing a list of “Enemies of the Internet”.The organization classifies a country as an enemy of the internet because “all of these countries mark themselves out not just for their capacity to censor news and information online but also for their almost systematic repression of Internet users.” In 2007 a second list of countries “Under Surveillance” (originally “Under Watch”) was added.
Current Enemies of the Internet
- Bahrain: 2012 to present
- Belarus: 2006-2008, 2012 to present
- China: 2008 to present
- Cuba: 2006 to present
- Ethiopia: 2014 to present
- India: 2014 to present
- Iran: 2006 to present
- North Korea: 2006 to present
- Pakistan: 2014 to present
- Russia: 2014 to present
- Saudi Arabia: 2006 to present
- Sudan: 2014 to present
- Syria: 2006 to present
- Turkmenistan: 2006 to present
- United Arab Emirates: 2014 to present
- United Kingdom: 2014 to present
- United States: 2014 to present
- Uzbekistan: 2006 to present
Read explained post on Enemies of the internet published by eff.org called “A Short Guide to the Internet’s Biggest Enemies”