lent similar expertise to our work in the region encompassing the Commonwealth of Independent States. Helmi Noman and Elijah Zarwan ably led our work in the Gulf and North Africa
regions, respectively. Our partners in the Cyberlaw and International Human Rights Clinics at
Harvard Law School—fellows Phil Malone, Matt Lovell, and Bonnie Docherty, and Professor
Jim Cavallaro—have co-led missions with exceptional students from our respective clinics to
Southeast Asia and Russia as we gathered data for this project.
An extraordinary cadre of student researchers from Harvard Law School and the surrounding academic community has been responsible for pulling together much of the detail that has
gone into this project. Kevin O’Keefe, a graduate student in East Asian studies, is first among
equals. The first student to work on Internet filtering at the Berkman Center, Benjamin Edelman, now a professor at Harvard Business School, deserves thanks for his important role in
the early days of this research.
The country profiles were produced under the guidance and authorship of principal investigator Rafal Rohozinski and Vesselina Haralampieva for the Commonwealth of Independent
States, Helmi Noman and Elijah Zarwan for the North Africa and Middle East region, and Stephanie Wang and Kevin O’Keefe for Asia. Many people contributed to the research, writing,
and editing of these profiles, including: James Ahlers, Aisha Ahmad, Anna Brook, Chris Conley, Evan Croen, Matthieu Desruisseaux, Charles Frentz, Anthony Haddad, Christina Hayes,
Joanna Huey, Samuel Hwang, Sajjad Khoshroo, Jehae Kim, Saloni Malhotra, Katie Mapes,
Miriam Simun, Tobias Snyder, Elisabeth Theodore, and Christina Xu. The following individuals
made important contributions to the research in the field: Shahzad Ahmad, Shanti Alexander,
Tatyana Bezuglova, Srijana Bhattarai, Alexander Blank, Matt Boulos, Xiao Wei Chen, Yee
Yeong Chong, Lino Clemente, Kathleen Connors, Peter Daignault, Shubhankar Dam, Elliott
Davis, Siddharth Dawara, Charles Duan, Bipin Gautam, Nah Soo Hoe, Tina Hu, Ang Peng
Hwa, Mary Joyce, Randy Kluver, David Levenson, Eitan Levisohn, Saloni Malhotra, Efrat Minivitski, Ron Morris, Caroline Nellemann, Jeff Ooi, Sai Rao, David Rizk, Sajan Sangraula, Katie
Smith, Amine Taha, Lokman Tsui, Allison Turbiville, Neha Viswanathan, Dinesh Wagle, Sally
Walkerman, Naaman Weiss, Aaron Williamson, K. H. Yap, and Jeffrey Yip. We are grateful to
those who took the time to read and comment on our work, including: Markus Breen, Silke
Ernst, Peyman Faratin, Daniel Haeusermann, Nancy Hafkin, Luis Mun ˜oz, Eric Osiakwan, Russel Southwood, and James Thurman. We also would like to offer our thanks to the following
individuals for their valuable guidance and help with our research: Ananta Agrawal, Roby
Alampay, Cherian George, Tyler Giannini, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan, Rishikesh Karra,
Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Arun Mehta, Parishi Sanjanwala, Xiao Qiang, and Zaw Zaw.
Hope Steele expertly edited each of the country profiles and regional overviews for this
book with great care, grace, and patience. Ha Nguyen designed the country profiles and regional overviews, performing multiple miracles on short notice with true poise and artistic skill.
A number of people participated in the writing, editing, research, and testing anonymously.
We undoubtedly have not included others who deserve our thanks.
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regions, respectively. Our partners in the Cyberlaw and International Human Rights Clinics at
Harvard Law School—fellows Phil Malone, Matt Lovell, and Bonnie Docherty, and Professor
Jim Cavallaro—have co-led missions with exceptional students from our respective clinics to
Southeast Asia and Russia as we gathered data for this project.
An extraordinary cadre of student researchers from Harvard Law School and the surrounding academic community has been responsible for pulling together much of the detail that has
gone into this project. Kevin O’Keefe, a graduate student in East Asian studies, is first among
equals. The first student to work on Internet filtering at the Berkman Center, Benjamin Edelman, now a professor at Harvard Business School, deserves thanks for his important role in
the early days of this research.
The country profiles were produced under the guidance and authorship of principal investigator Rafal Rohozinski and Vesselina Haralampieva for the Commonwealth of Independent
States, Helmi Noman and Elijah Zarwan for the North Africa and Middle East region, and Stephanie Wang and Kevin O’Keefe for Asia. Many people contributed to the research, writing,
and editing of these profiles, including: James Ahlers, Aisha Ahmad, Anna Brook, Chris Conley, Evan Croen, Matthieu Desruisseaux, Charles Frentz, Anthony Haddad, Christina Hayes,
Joanna Huey, Samuel Hwang, Sajjad Khoshroo, Jehae Kim, Saloni Malhotra, Katie Mapes,
Miriam Simun, Tobias Snyder, Elisabeth Theodore, and Christina Xu. The following individuals
made important contributions to the research in the field: Shahzad Ahmad, Shanti Alexander,
Tatyana Bezuglova, Srijana Bhattarai, Alexander Blank, Matt Boulos, Xiao Wei Chen, Yee
Yeong Chong, Lino Clemente, Kathleen Connors, Peter Daignault, Shubhankar Dam, Elliott
Davis, Siddharth Dawara, Charles Duan, Bipin Gautam, Nah Soo Hoe, Tina Hu, Ang Peng
Hwa, Mary Joyce, Randy Kluver, David Levenson, Eitan Levisohn, Saloni Malhotra, Efrat Minivitski, Ron Morris, Caroline Nellemann, Jeff Ooi, Sai Rao, David Rizk, Sajan Sangraula, Katie
Smith, Amine Taha, Lokman Tsui, Allison Turbiville, Neha Viswanathan, Dinesh Wagle, Sally
Walkerman, Naaman Weiss, Aaron Williamson, K. H. Yap, and Jeffrey Yip. We are grateful to
those who took the time to read and comment on our work, including: Markus Breen, Silke
Ernst, Peyman Faratin, Daniel Haeusermann, Nancy Hafkin, Luis Mun ˜oz, Eric Osiakwan, Russel Southwood, and James Thurman. We also would like to offer our thanks to the following
individuals for their valuable guidance and help with our research: Ananta Agrawal, Roby
Alampay, Cherian George, Tyler Giannini, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan, Rishikesh Karra,
Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Arun Mehta, Parishi Sanjanwala, Xiao Qiang, and Zaw Zaw.
Hope Steele expertly edited each of the country profiles and regional overviews for this
book with great care, grace, and patience. Ha Nguyen designed the country profiles and regional overviews, performing multiple miracles on short notice with true poise and artistic skill.
A number of people participated in the writing, editing, research, and testing anonymously.
We undoubtedly have not included others who deserve our thanks.
xii
John Palfrey