Satellites, 57
Saudi Arabia, 6, 15–16, 31–32
Amnesty International and, 49
blogs and, 53
content restriction and, 35
country summary of, 360–363
legitimate state authority and, 44–45
overbreadth and, 47
pornography and, 32, 45
social filtering and, 9, 12
transparency and, 40
URL filtering and, 34
ScatterChat, 127–128
Schools, 34–35, 41
Second-level domains, 39
Secure Computing, 35, 38, 110
Security Systems Standards and Certification
Act (SSSCA), 119
Self-regulation, 33, 42, 114–116
Semantic Web, 30, 32, 36–37
Separatist movements, 135–136
Server takedown, 64
Shinawatra, Thaksin, 9
Silicon Valley, 30
Singapore, 3, 8, 16, 34, 364–368
Skype, 12, 70, 123, 135
SmartFilter, 12, 15, 38–39, 46–47, 134
Smith, Brad, 114–115
Smith, Chris, 118
SMS, 125
Social filtering, 9–10, 12, 25
Social issues, 1, 3–4
control and, 32–34, 65 (see also Control)
dark nets and, 124, 129–133
as motive for filtering, 9–12
normative filtering and, 34
Software, 34, 110–112
civic networks and, 128
piracy and, 131
state-mandated filtering and, 38–39
URL filtering and, 37
Somalia, 129
South Korea, 6, 9, 14
country summary of, 369–374
International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR) and, 83
security-based filtering and, 10
Spam, 31
Sports Illustrated,3 9
Spyware, 31
Sri Lanka, 129
States. See also Specific state
Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and, 91–94
citizen participation and, 40–41
civil society actors and, 123–149
control and, 29–31 (see also Control)
corporations and, 107–122
disintermediation trends and, 74–75
East Coast Code and, 2
human rights and, 75–91 (see also Human
rights)
information suppression and, 31–32
institutional empowerment and, 75
as intermediaries, 74
international antibribery conventions and,
94–96, 98
International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR) and, 78–92
international system and, 73–98
International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) and, 119–120
legal equality among, 73
legitimate authority and, 44–45
normative analysis and, 43–44
quasigovernmental action and, 76
restriction concerns and, 50–51
social issues and, 32–34
sovereignty issues and, 30–31, 50–51, 73
United Nations Human Rights Committee
(UNHRC) and, 79–82, 84, 86–87
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR) and, 77–78
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) and, 74
Stein, Janice Gross, vii–viii
Sub-Saharan Africa, 213–225
Sudan, 12, 15, 135, 375–379
Sullivan Principles, 115, 119–120
Surveillance, 33, 35–36
CCTV cameras and, 65
corporations and, 105–122
countersurveillance techniques and, 70
future of, 51–54
Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA) and, 118
446
Index
Saudi Arabia, 6, 15–16, 31–32
Amnesty International and, 49
blogs and, 53
content restriction and, 35
country summary of, 360–363
legitimate state authority and, 44–45
overbreadth and, 47
pornography and, 32, 45
social filtering and, 9, 12
transparency and, 40
URL filtering and, 34
ScatterChat, 127–128
Schools, 34–35, 41
Second-level domains, 39
Secure Computing, 35, 38, 110
Security Systems Standards and Certification
Act (SSSCA), 119
Self-regulation, 33, 42, 114–116
Semantic Web, 30, 32, 36–37
Separatist movements, 135–136
Server takedown, 64
Shinawatra, Thaksin, 9
Silicon Valley, 30
Singapore, 3, 8, 16, 34, 364–368
Skype, 12, 70, 123, 135
SmartFilter, 12, 15, 38–39, 46–47, 134
Smith, Brad, 114–115
Smith, Chris, 118
SMS, 125
Social filtering, 9–10, 12, 25
Social issues, 1, 3–4
control and, 32–34, 65 (see also Control)
dark nets and, 124, 129–133
as motive for filtering, 9–12
normative filtering and, 34
Software, 34, 110–112
civic networks and, 128
piracy and, 131
state-mandated filtering and, 38–39
URL filtering and, 37
Somalia, 129
South Korea, 6, 9, 14
country summary of, 369–374
International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR) and, 83
security-based filtering and, 10
Spam, 31
Sports Illustrated,3 9
Spyware, 31
Sri Lanka, 129
States. See also Specific state
Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and, 91–94
citizen participation and, 40–41
civil society actors and, 123–149
control and, 29–31 (see also Control)
corporations and, 107–122
disintermediation trends and, 74–75
East Coast Code and, 2
human rights and, 75–91 (see also Human
rights)
information suppression and, 31–32
institutional empowerment and, 75
as intermediaries, 74
international antibribery conventions and,
94–96, 98
International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (ICCPR) and, 78–92
international system and, 73–98
International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) and, 119–120
legal equality among, 73
legitimate authority and, 44–45
normative analysis and, 43–44
quasigovernmental action and, 76
restriction concerns and, 50–51
social issues and, 32–34
sovereignty issues and, 30–31, 50–51, 73
United Nations Human Rights Committee
(UNHRC) and, 79–82, 84, 86–87
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR) and, 77–78
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) and, 74
Stein, Janice Gross, vii–viii
Sub-Saharan Africa, 213–225
Sudan, 12, 15, 135, 375–379
Sullivan Principles, 115, 119–120
Surveillance, 33, 35–36
CCTV cameras and, 65
corporations and, 105–122
countersurveillance techniques and, 70
future of, 51–54
Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA) and, 118
446
Index