human rights and, 49
justification of, 45
legal issues and, 64–65
mechanisms for, 64–65
overbreadth and, 46–48
underbreadth and, 48–49
United States and, 45
wiretapping and, 49, 71
Sweden, 126
Syria, 8
blogs and, 12
country summary of, 380–384
domain blocking and, 37–38
e-mail and, 135
political filtering and, 9
social filtering and, 9
VoIP filtering and, 12
Taiwan, 29
Tajikistan, 8, 131, 144, 385–389
TCP/IP filtering, 57, 59–60
choke point and, 65
circumventability and, 67–68
cost and, 68–69
error rate and, 66–67
false information and, 69
hybrid HTTP proxy filtering and, 63–64, 69
reliability and, 68
speed and, 68–69
system positioning and, 65–66
Technical blockages. See Filtering
Technology, 4
Audio Home Recording Act and, 119
cache and, 61–62
civil society actors and, 123
connection protocols and, 57–58
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
Promotion Act (CBDTPA) and, 119
control and, 32–34
corporations and, 103–122
DNS tampering and, 13–18
dual-use, 113
end-to-end principle and, 50
fax machines and, 71
Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA) and,
118, 121
HTTP proxy filtering and, 13–18, 61–69
innovation and, 70–71
Internet protection and, 127–128, 134
IP blocking and, 12–18, 33, 57
limitations of, 45–49
packets and, 57
Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)
and, 66
routers and, 57
Security Systems Standards and
Certification Act (SSSCA) and, 119
TCP/IP and, 57
wireless, 57
Telecommunications, 9
cryptography and, 70
International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) and, 119–120
posting and, 70
providers of, 112
Voice-over IP (VoIP) and, 12, 50, 70, 125,
134–135
wireless, 57
Television, 32, 130, 133–134
Terrorism, 45, 127
Thailand, 31
country summary of, 390–394
government overthrow of, 9
political filtering and, 10, 12
Tiananmen Square, 29, 104, 141
Tibet, 12, 29, 37
Tobago, 87
Torts, 91–94
Trade policy, 88–90
antibribery conventions and, 94–96, 98
corporations and, 103–122
international standards and, 96–98
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) and, 94–95
Translation tools, 9, 12, 39
Transparency, 115
information suppression and, 40–41
measurement of, 12–18
Trinidad, 87
Tunis Agenda,98
Tunisia, 1–2, 8, 15
country summary of, 395–399
political filtering and, 9
social filtering and, 12
Index
447
justification of, 45
legal issues and, 64–65
mechanisms for, 64–65
overbreadth and, 46–48
underbreadth and, 48–49
United States and, 45
wiretapping and, 49, 71
Sweden, 126
Syria, 8
blogs and, 12
country summary of, 380–384
domain blocking and, 37–38
e-mail and, 135
political filtering and, 9
social filtering and, 9
VoIP filtering and, 12
Taiwan, 29
Tajikistan, 8, 131, 144, 385–389
TCP/IP filtering, 57, 59–60
choke point and, 65
circumventability and, 67–68
cost and, 68–69
error rate and, 66–67
false information and, 69
hybrid HTTP proxy filtering and, 63–64, 69
reliability and, 68
speed and, 68–69
system positioning and, 65–66
Technical blockages. See Filtering
Technology, 4
Audio Home Recording Act and, 119
cache and, 61–62
civil society actors and, 123
connection protocols and, 57–58
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
Promotion Act (CBDTPA) and, 119
control and, 32–34
corporations and, 103–122
DNS tampering and, 13–18
dual-use, 113
end-to-end principle and, 50
fax machines and, 71
Global Online Freedom Act (GOFA) and,
118, 121
HTTP proxy filtering and, 13–18, 61–69
innovation and, 70–71
Internet protection and, 127–128, 134
IP blocking and, 12–18, 33, 57
limitations of, 45–49
packets and, 57
Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)
and, 66
routers and, 57
Security Systems Standards and
Certification Act (SSSCA) and, 119
TCP/IP and, 57
wireless, 57
Telecommunications, 9
cryptography and, 70
International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) and, 119–120
posting and, 70
providers of, 112
Voice-over IP (VoIP) and, 12, 50, 70, 125,
134–135
wireless, 57
Television, 32, 130, 133–134
Terrorism, 45, 127
Thailand, 31
country summary of, 390–394
government overthrow of, 9
political filtering and, 10, 12
Tiananmen Square, 29, 104, 141
Tibet, 12, 29, 37
Tobago, 87
Torts, 91–94
Trade policy, 88–90
antibribery conventions and, 94–96, 98
corporations and, 103–122
international standards and, 96–98
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) and, 94–95
Translation tools, 9, 12, 39
Transparency, 115
information suppression and, 40–41
measurement of, 12–18
Trinidad, 87
Tunis Agenda,98
Tunisia, 1–2, 8, 15
country summary of, 395–399
political filtering and, 9
social filtering and, 12
Index
447