Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering

Book Overview

A study of Internet blocking and filtering around the world: analyses by leading researchers and survey results that document filtering practices in dozens of countries.

Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens--most often about politics, but sometimes relating to sexuality, culture, or religion. Access Denied documents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262541963
• ISBN13: 9780262541961
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher