GreenNet
Founded | 1985 |
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Type | ISP |
Purpose | A not-for-profit collective established 1985, providing internet services, web design and hosting to supporters of peace, the environment and human rights |
Location | |
Website | https://gn.apc.org |
GreenNet is a not-for-profit Internet service provider based in London, England. It was established in 1985 "as an effective and cheap way for environmental activists to communicate".[1] In 1987 the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust gave GreenNet a grant to enable it to bring a large number of peace groups online, and "After a few years they became one of the first internet service providers in Britain".[2] GreenNet formed an international link with IGC and was a founder member of the Association for Progressive Communications, established in 1990.[3] The registered charity GreenNet Charitable Trust was established in 1994 and owns GreenNet.[1]
GnFido
GreenNet developed a Fido gateway, GnFido, which allowed access to basic internet facilities such as email using a store-and-forward system.[4] It provided the only available cheap and accessible internet access for thousands of individuals and organisations in Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe.[5]
2013 DDoS Attack
On 1 August 2013, GreenNet and the
2014 Legal Action on GCHQ Hacking
In July 2014
References
- ^ a b "About GreenNet: What is GreenNet". GreenNet. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ISBN 9781136848537.
- ^ "An Obscure Peter Gabriel Benefit Concert Helped Bring the Internet to the World". Vice Magazine. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ISBN 9780748608782.
- ^ "Karen Banks: Internet Hall of Fame Global Connector". Inductees 2013. Internet Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Zimbabweans Hit By Cyber Attacks During Election - Slashdot". slashdot.org.
- ^ "Zimbabwe election hit by hacking and DDoS attacks". theinquirer.net. Archived from the original on August 10, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Eduard Kovacs (7 August 2013). "Zimbabwe's Presidential Election Accompanied by Cyberattacks". softpedia.
- ^ "Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election". TechWeekEurope UK.
- ^ "[Greennet-l] GreenNet service update 7 August 2013". greennet.org.uk.
- ^ "[Greennet-l] GreenNet service update 9 August 2013". greennet.org.uk.
- ^ Dawson, Tim (October–November 2013). "Brand new gag: the hidden war on press freedom". The Journalist. London: National Union of Journalists: 14–16. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "ISPs take GCHQ to court in UK over mass surveillance". Guardian. 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Privacy International and Greennet & Others v The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and The Government Communications Headquarters ("GCHQ") [2016] UKIP Trib 14_85-CH". March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "ISPA Reveals UK Internet Hero and Villain Shortlist for 2015 Awards". 18 July 2015.