Opennet Initiative

1. What is ONI?

The OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of three institutions: the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group (Ottawa).

2. What is the aim of ONI?

To investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion.

3. Indicate 4 strategies to implement Internet Censorship¡

Technical Blocking, search result removal, take-down and induced self-censorship.

4. Clearly explain one of the strategies indicated above

Search Result Removal: sometimes companies that provide internet search services join governments to omit illegal or undesirable results. This doesn't elliminate the website but makes it more difficult to find.

5. What is "Points of Control"?

The different levels of filtering available.

6. Indicate the 4 major Points of Control. Clearly explain one of them

Internet backbone, internet service providers, institutions and individual computers.

Individual computers: filtering can be done in an individual computer by installing a filtering software.

7. Make a list of bullet points on the inherent flaws of filtering
 * Underblocking
 * Overblocking

8. Make a diagram explaining how ONI studies Internet Filtration