Supports Tunisian Internet Agency in Protecting Free Expression Online. For years, Tunisians suffered in relative media silence as the Ben Ali regime curtailed digital rights, blocking websites and surveilling citizens.
Then, thanks to the hard work of Tunisian free expression advocates who for many years worked to raise awareness of the country’s pervasive Internet controls, censorship fell along with the regime, with Ben Ali promising an end to filtering in his final speech on January 13 before fleeing to Saudi Arabia. However, with Ben Ali gone, Tunisian courts have become the next critical battleground in the ongoing effort for a censorship-free Internet in Tunisia, with the Agence Tunisienne d'Internet (ATI) or Tunisian Internet Agency caught in the middle of implementing censorship orders and arguing in support of free expression. By January 13, Tunisians finally had the free access for which they had fought so hard. The goal of the ATI is to be declared as an official Internet exchange point (IXP) for Tunisia. pITPI_datamemo_2011. La Tunisie 2.0 est aux urnes. Le 23 octobre, la Tunisie a rendez-vous avec l'Histoire, pour l'élection de son Assemblée constituante.
À Tunis, OWNI a rencontré l'avant-garde de la démocratie en réseaux. De la politique participative innovante. Microsoft et Ben Ali : Wikileaks confirme les soupçons d’une aide pour la surveillance des citoyens Tunisiens.