Links

Civil Society/NGOs

Electronic Frontier Foundation - http://www.eff.org/
EFF is a non-profit group of passionate people - lawyers, volunteers, and visionaries - working to protect your digital rights.

Electronic Privacy Information Center - http://www.epic.org/
EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

Internet Free Expression Alliance (IFEA) - http://www.ifea.net/
The Internet Free Expression Alliance. A very basic site with information and news about filtering techniques.

International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) - http://ifex.org/
FEX is a global network of independent watchdogs that monitors free expression violations around the world, including Internet censorship and attacks on journalists and bloggers.

Olympic Watch: Human Rights in China and Beijing 2008 - http://www.olympicwatch.org/
Monitors and campaigns for human rights and democracy in China before the 2008 Olympics. Freedom of speech and access to information are among its key points of interest.

Internet Filtering

Censorware - http://censorware.net/
This is a site maintained be four people fighting against internet censorship. Includes an article about a researcher's experiences with filtering while in Saudi Arabia and a link to a report about it.

Filtering Info .org - http://www.filteringinfo.org
Primarily focused on Content Analysis filtering. Includes an emphasis on filtering legislation, and good information on filtering practices.

Internet Filters .net - http://www.internet-filters.net/
A good, well-organized site about Internet Filters and descriptions of each. Mainly focused on Content Analysis filtering.

Peacefire - http://www.peacefire.org/
Includes news and circumvention tools, including one that purports to circumvent the firewalls used in China.

Seth Finkelstein's Anticensorware Investigations - http://sethf.com/anticensorware/
Seth Finkelstein's homepage for many years of censorware research.