25. ‘‘Zakon Respubliki Belarus ob Utverzhdenii Kontseptsii Natsionalnoy Bezopasnosti’’ [Law of
the Republic of Belarus on Implementing the Concept of National Security], http://pravo.by/
webnpa/text_txt.asp?RN=P30100390 (accessed May 19, 2009).
26. The Law on Operational and Investigative Activities (09.07.1999) and the Law on the Authorities of State Security of the Republic of Belarus (03.12.1997).
27. ByBanner.com, ‘‘Belorusskaya Prokuratura Zainteresovalac Saytom OGP’’ [The Belarussian
Prosecutor’s Office Showed an Interest in the OGP’s Web site], November 12, 2005, http://www
.bybanner.com/article/1301.html.
28. Filtering has been acknowledged by Beltelecom’s current representative Andrey Saborov. See
Bybanner.com ‘‘Beltelecom Potverdil Nalichie Blokirovki Dlia ‘Golubyih’ Saytov’’ [Beltelecom Confirmed the Blocking of Gay Sites], http://www.bybanner.com/article/647.html.
29. Reverse filtering occurs on the Web server hosting the content, as opposed to at a point along
the way of the traffic flow, and is based on restricting requests based on geographical location of
the originating Internet Protocol address. Copyright holders who want to restrict access to their
content in certain markets often use reverse filtering. Examples include hulu.com, BBC.com, and
other sites that syndicate commercial video and audio content that is subject to licensing. The
ONI has detected that many U.S. military sites are inaccessible outside the United States. We
strongly suspect that this may be as a result of reverse filtering.
30. Tut.It.by, ‘‘V Belarusi Poyvitsya Assotsiatsiya Otvetstvennykh Internet-izdatele’’ [An Association of Responsible Internet Publishers will be Created in Belarus], April 30, 2008, http://it.tut.by/
news/96572.html.
31. Tut.It.by, ‘‘Top 10 Korporativnykh Setevikh Zapretov v Belarusi’’ [Top 10 Corporate Net Bans
in Belarus], March 6, 2008, http://it.tut.by/news/96984.html.
32. OpenNet Initiative, ‘‘The Internet and Elections: The 2006 Presidential Elections in Belarus
(and Its Implications),’’ April 2006, http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_Belarus
_Country_Study.pdf.
33. Obedinennaya Grazhdanskaya PartiyaSvaboda, Sobstvenocst Zakonnost, ‘‘Na Belorusskikh Forumakh Vvodyat Tsensuru’’ [Censorship on Belarus Forums], April 20, 2005, http://www.ucpb.org/
index.php?lang=rus&open=2799.
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the Republic of Belarus on Implementing the Concept of National Security], http://pravo.by/
webnpa/text_txt.asp?RN=P30100390 (accessed May 19, 2009).
26. The Law on Operational and Investigative Activities (09.07.1999) and the Law on the Authorities of State Security of the Republic of Belarus (03.12.1997).
27. ByBanner.com, ‘‘Belorusskaya Prokuratura Zainteresovalac Saytom OGP’’ [The Belarussian
Prosecutor’s Office Showed an Interest in the OGP’s Web site], November 12, 2005, http://www
.bybanner.com/article/1301.html.
28. Filtering has been acknowledged by Beltelecom’s current representative Andrey Saborov. See
Bybanner.com ‘‘Beltelecom Potverdil Nalichie Blokirovki Dlia ‘Golubyih’ Saytov’’ [Beltelecom Confirmed the Blocking of Gay Sites], http://www.bybanner.com/article/647.html.
29. Reverse filtering occurs on the Web server hosting the content, as opposed to at a point along
the way of the traffic flow, and is based on restricting requests based on geographical location of
the originating Internet Protocol address. Copyright holders who want to restrict access to their
content in certain markets often use reverse filtering. Examples include hulu.com, BBC.com, and
other sites that syndicate commercial video and audio content that is subject to licensing. The
ONI has detected that many U.S. military sites are inaccessible outside the United States. We
strongly suspect that this may be as a result of reverse filtering.
30. Tut.It.by, ‘‘V Belarusi Poyvitsya Assotsiatsiya Otvetstvennykh Internet-izdatele’’ [An Association of Responsible Internet Publishers will be Created in Belarus], April 30, 2008, http://it.tut.by/
news/96572.html.
31. Tut.It.by, ‘‘Top 10 Korporativnykh Setevikh Zapretov v Belarusi’’ [Top 10 Corporate Net Bans
in Belarus], March 6, 2008, http://it.tut.by/news/96984.html.
32. OpenNet Initiative, ‘‘The Internet and Elections: The 2006 Presidential Elections in Belarus
(and Its Implications),’’ April 2006, http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_Belarus
_Country_Study.pdf.
33. Obedinennaya Grazhdanskaya PartiyaSvaboda, Sobstvenocst Zakonnost, ‘‘Na Belorusskikh Forumakh Vvodyat Tsensuru’’ [Censorship on Belarus Forums], April 20, 2005, http://www.ucpb.org/
index.php?lang=rus&open=2799.
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