Tunisia maintains a focused, effective system of Internet control that blends content
filtering with harsh laws to censor objectionable and politically threatening information characteristic of second-generation controls.
Notes
1. Freedom House, ‘‘Map of Press Freedom 2007,’’ http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm
?page=251&country=7290&year=2007.
2. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Repression Continues as Ben Ali Marks 21st Anniversary as President,’’ November 7, 2008, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29208.
3. Ibid.
4. Menassat, ‘‘Morocco: French Magazine L’Express Banned over Religious Issue,’’ November
3, 2008, http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/alerts/5053-morocco-french-magazine-lexpress-banned
-over-religion-issue.
5. Paul Budde Communication Pty., Ltd., ‘‘Tunisia—Telecoms Market Overview and Statistics,’’
March 2009, http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b46cf3/tunisia%5ftelecoms.
6. Tunisia Online News, ‘‘Tunisia Has 9 Million GSM Subscribers and 1.7 Million Internet Users,’’
October 2008, http://www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/2008/10/03/tunisia-has-9-million-gsm-subscribers
-and-17-million-internet-users/.
7. Ibid.
8. Arab Advisors Group, ‘‘Tunisia’s Internet Users Spent Over US$ 132.7 Million in B2C Ecommerce during the Past 12 Months,’’ August 27, 2008, http://www.arabadvisors.com/Pressers/
presser-082708.htm.
9. Tunisia Online, ‘‘Internet in Tunisia: History,’’ June 25, 2002, http://www.tunisiaonline.com/
internet/history.html.
10. Tunisian Internet Agency, ‘‘The National Internet Service Provider in Tunisia,’’ http://www
.ati.tn/.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Tunisia: Annual Report 2008,’’ http://www.rsf.org/article.php3
?id_article=25442&Valider=OK.
14. Committee to Protect Journalists, ‘‘Tunisia Report: The Smiling Oppressor,’’ September 23,
2008, http://cpj.org/reports/2008/09/tunisia-oppression.php.
15. Ibid.
16. Freedom House, ‘‘Freedom in the World—Tunisia (2008),’’ http://www.freedomhouse.org/
inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?year=2008&country=7507&pf.
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filtering with harsh laws to censor objectionable and politically threatening information characteristic of second-generation controls.
Notes
1. Freedom House, ‘‘Map of Press Freedom 2007,’’ http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm
?page=251&country=7290&year=2007.
2. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Repression Continues as Ben Ali Marks 21st Anniversary as President,’’ November 7, 2008, http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=29208.
3. Ibid.
4. Menassat, ‘‘Morocco: French Magazine L’Express Banned over Religious Issue,’’ November
3, 2008, http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/alerts/5053-morocco-french-magazine-lexpress-banned
-over-religion-issue.
5. Paul Budde Communication Pty., Ltd., ‘‘Tunisia—Telecoms Market Overview and Statistics,’’
March 2009, http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b46cf3/tunisia%5ftelecoms.
6. Tunisia Online News, ‘‘Tunisia Has 9 Million GSM Subscribers and 1.7 Million Internet Users,’’
October 2008, http://www.tunisiaonlinenews.com/2008/10/03/tunisia-has-9-million-gsm-subscribers
-and-17-million-internet-users/.
7. Ibid.
8. Arab Advisors Group, ‘‘Tunisia’s Internet Users Spent Over US$ 132.7 Million in B2C Ecommerce during the Past 12 Months,’’ August 27, 2008, http://www.arabadvisors.com/Pressers/
presser-082708.htm.
9. Tunisia Online, ‘‘Internet in Tunisia: History,’’ June 25, 2002, http://www.tunisiaonline.com/
internet/history.html.
10. Tunisian Internet Agency, ‘‘The National Internet Service Provider in Tunisia,’’ http://www
.ati.tn/.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Reporters Without Borders, ‘‘Tunisia: Annual Report 2008,’’ http://www.rsf.org/article.php3
?id_article=25442&Valider=OK.
14. Committee to Protect Journalists, ‘‘Tunisia Report: The Smiling Oppressor,’’ September 23,
2008, http://cpj.org/reports/2008/09/tunisia-oppression.php.
15. Ibid.
16. Freedom House, ‘‘Freedom in the World—Tunisia (2008),’’ http://www.freedomhouse.org/
inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?year=2008&country=7507&pf.
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