[Infowarrior] - OpenNet Initiative looks at net censorship/surveillance

[Richard Forno]

The OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of four leading
academic institutions: the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International
Studies, University of Toronto, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at
Harvard Law School, the Advanced Network Research Group at the Cambridge
Security Programme, University of Cambridge, and the Oxford Internet
Institute, Oxford University.

Our aim is to investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and
surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. We intend to
uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these
practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in
this area. To achieve these aims, the ONI employs a unique
multi-disciplinary approach that includes:

   1. Development and deployment of a suite of technical enumeration tools
and core methodologies for the study of Internet filtering and survellance;
   2. Capacity-building among networks of local advocates and researchers;
   3. Advanced studies exploring the consequences of current and future
trends and trajectories in filtering and surveillance practices, and their
implications for domestic and international law and governance regimes.

http://opennet.net/about