NetBlocks
Formation | 2017 |
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Founder | Alp Toker |
Type | Social business |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Methods | Technology journalism |
Website | netblocks |
NetBlocks is a
Work
Projects
NetBlocks publishes original reporting on Internet governance and sustainable energy, providing tools to the public to observe possible Internet restrictions and to estimate the economic consequences of network disruptions.[4][5] NetBlocks has established a high level of trust in communities around the world, facilitating the spread of information during emergencies and Internet censorship events, according to peer-reviewed research published in the scientific journal Nature.[6]
Events
On 25 November 2017, NetBlocks and the
During the
The block of Wikipedia in Venezuela and other censorship incidents during the Venezuelan presidential crisis were also monitored by NetBlocks, with several international media outlets covering the situation with NetBlocks' work.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
In July 2020, as the
From February 2022, NetBlocks set up a reporting initiative providing extensive coverage on the
References
- ^ "Our Work". NetBlocks.
- ^ "Ethiopia re-opens the country's internet". BBC World Service (Interview).
- ^ "Home". NetBlocks. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Projects and Initiatives". NetBlocks. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "NetBlocks Tracks Venezuela's Power Outage". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- S2CID 233241884.
- ^ "DRF and NetBlocks find blanket and nation-wide ban on social media in Pakistan and demand it to be lifted immediately". Digital Rights Foundation. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Activists assail blanket ban on social media". The Nation. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "All you need to know about nation-wide internet disruptions during dharna". Samaa TV. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Sudan restricts social media access to counter protest movement". Reuters. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Internet 'disrupted again' in Gabon". BBC News. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Griffiths, James (18 January 2019). "The internet is more vulnerable than you realize". CNN. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "NetBlocks: Reporta bloqueo a redes sociales tras protesta de militares en Venezuela". Voice of America (in Spanish). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Venezuela Blocks Wikipedia After Maduro 'Ousted' From Article, Internet Watchdog Says". Haaretz. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Pineda Sleinan, Julett (21 January 2019). "Cantv restringió acceso a redes sociales durante alzamiento en Cotiza, reporta Netblocks". Efecto Cocuyo. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Venezuela Wikipedia'ya erişimi engelledi". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "El régimen chavista bloqueó el acceso a Twitter e Instagram por los incidentes en Caracas". Infobae (in European Spanish). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Somalia internet blackout after parliament votes to remove prime minister". NetBlocks. 2020-07-26.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ "Weekend Profile: Alp Toker, chronicler of Ukraine's embattled internet". The Economist. 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Ukraine Crisis: Support Connectivity and Internet Rights". NetBlocks.
- ^ "Outages in Ukraine Demonstrate the Internet's Role in Modern Conflict". Viterbi Conversations in Ethics. 2022-02-28.