Tunisia invades, censors Facebook, other accounts - Internet. Tunisian authorities have tried to censor photos just like this one, which shows civil unrest in Tunis. (AFP/Fethi Belaid) The Tunisian government has been a notorious censor for many years, for journalists online and off. In the wake of widespread domestic protests in December, however, the authorities appear to have turned to even more repressive tactics to silence reporting. In the case of Internet bloggers, this includes what seems a remarkably invasive and technically sophisticated plan to steal passwords from the country's own citizens, in order to spy on private communications and squelch online speech. Based on reports of users in the country, Tunisian authorities appear to be modifying web pages on the fly to steal usernames and passwords for sites such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo. Usually in such hacking attacks, it's hard to pin responsibility, except circumstantially, on local governments.
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ANONYMOUS - OPERATION TUNISIA - A Press Release. 2 new Anon Operations promote net freedom in US, Tunisia. It appears that Anonymous, the vigilante internet freedom-fighting group that rose to fame with their WikiLeaks-defending DDoS attacks, are still busy gathering support for their latest missions despite increasing legal issues involving the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and international law enforcement agencies. Anonymous members and supporters are currently rallying support for two new missions: Operation Bling and Operation Tunisia. For Operation Tunisia, the group gathered over 9,000 people online Sunday to protest government censorship of websites, including WikiLeaks, and the mission, which has resulted in a “near blackout” of the nation’s government sites, appears to be ongoing.
“This is a warning to the Tunisian government: attacks at the freedom of speech and information of its citizens will not be tolerated. With Operation Bling, which is directed toward US citizens, Anonymous is taking a more subtle approach to their usual website hacking ways. An-open-letter-to-all-media. Tunisia. Capturing Tunisia protests on video - Africa. Anti-government protests over soaring unemployment and poor living conditions erupted across Tunisia after Mohammed Bouazizia, young unemployed university graduate, set himself on fire in frustration on December 17. He died while being treated in a hospital near Tunis, the capital, on January 5, according to family members. This act of self-immolation ignited simmering anger at policies that the government's critics say favour an elite minority.
Demonstrations across the country have continued unabated since December 17. Most video-sharing sites face blanket censorship in Tunisia, as do news websites like Nawaat, Al Jazeera Arabic, and, most recently, Al Jazeera English. Yet many Tunisians share videos on Facebook, via email or use proxies to break through the media blackout. Here's some of what they filmed... Click here to view Bouazizi's funeral being held in Sidi Bouzid. Clashes between police and protesters in Sidi Bouzid. Footage of a flash mob at a train station in Tunis. Tunisia 'to respond' to protests - Africa. The Tunisian government has said it will listen to protesters, after weeks of unrest over high unemployment and the cost of living left dozens of people dead and raised the tensions. Samir al-Obaidy, the country's communications minister, told Al Jazeera that the government was responding to the unrest. "The message has been received by the government and all political channels," he said.
"With the backing of the president, we have already put in place urgent measures and allocated $5bn for the development of various areas. " Government officials reported that 14 people were killed since Saturday in clashes between the security forces and protesters in the towns of Thala, Kasserine and Regueb. However, Tunisian union sources said that the number was at least 20.
In a statement, several political parties and movements, including the Progressive Democratic Party and the Renewal Movement, called on the government to stop the violence. More deaths Spreading east Rapper released. Reporters Sans Frontières - Internet censors move into top gear in response to widespread unrest. Reporters Without Borders condemns the reinforcement of online censorship amid a wave of protests and rioting in Tunisia that began two weeks when a young man set himself on fire outside a police station in the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid.
“Online social networks have played a key role in transmitting news and information about the situation in Sidi Bouzid and other regions while the government-controlled traditional media have mostly ignored the story,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The international media took some time to get interested in the subject but then found themselves barred from the sensitive areas. “Sensitive social and political topics were already heavily censored on the Internet but the authorities, who are clearly disturbed by this wave of unrest, have responded by trying to impose even tighter and faster controls over the online flow of information about it. Many activists and bloggers have reported that their email and Facebook accounts have in hacked. 24sur24.posterous. Reporters Sans Frontières - Wave of arrests of bloggers and activists.
Reporters Without Borders condemned the arrests and disappearances yesterday of bloggers and online activists across a number of Tunisian cities. The worldwide press freedom organization has monitored at least five such cases but the list could well be longer. Police arrested the bloggers to question them about hacking into government websites by the militant group Anonymous, several sources told the organisation. Reporters Without Borders urged the authorities to release them as soon as possible.
“These arrests, intended to intimidate Tunisian Internet-users and their international backers, are likely to prove counter-productive, by stoking up tension. Arresting several bloggers is not the way to get images of demonstrations deleted from the web or for cyber-attacks to be halted”, Reporters Without Borders said. “Stepping up the repression is absolutely not a solution to the crisis engulfing Tunisia today”. Tunisian protests turn into cyberwar between government and hacker group. Violent protests in Tunisia have turned into a cyberwar between government forces and the Anonymous hacker group, after Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts of perceived dissidents were censored.
On Dec. 18, a group of youths gathered in Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, protesting against unemployment and poor living conditions. The government cracked down, forcing discussion to move online through social networking forums. "The authorities appear to have turned to even more repressive tactics to silence reporting. In the case of Internet bloggers, this includes what seems a remarkably invasive and technically sophisticated plan to steal passwords from the country's own citizens, in order to spy on private communications and squelch online speech," said Danny O'Brien, in a blog on the website run by Internet Advocacy Coordinator at Committee to Protect Journalists.
We wrote a counter-script that strips the governments script. Ethan Zuckerman What if Tunisia had a revolution, but nobody watched? On December 17, a 26 year old Tunisian man named Mohamed Bouazizi reached the end of his rope. An unemployed university graduate, Bouazizi had become a seller of fruits and vegetables in the southern Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid. When authorities confiscated his wares to punish him for selling without a license, Bouazizi set himself on fire. He died in hospital on January 4, 2011. Video of protests in Sidi Bouzid on YouTube Bouazizi’s suicide struck a chord with other frustrated Tunisians.
Thousands took to the streets in Sidi Bouzid to protest widespread unemployment, government corruption and lack of opportunity. Another frustrated youth in Sidi Bouzid, Lahseen Naji, killed himself by climbing an electricity pylon while crying out “No for misery, no for unemployment!” Despite the crackdown, it seems increasingly possible that the Ben Ali government might fall. I think there’s more to the disparity than that.
Not everyone is ignoring the events in Tunisia. Zunguzungu Weasel Words from Secretary Clinton on Tunisia. On Tunisia: SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we are worried, in general, about the unrest and the instability, and what seems to be the underlying concerns of the people who are protesting — it seems to be a combination of economic and political demonstrations — and the government’s reaction, which has been, unfortunately, leading to the deaths of some of the protestors. So we are not taking sides in it, we just hope there can be a peaceful resolution of it…we have got a lot of very positive aspects of our relationship with Tunisia. And what the Ambassador and what the State Department back in Washington did was just express concern that this is a protest that has, unfortunately, provoked such a reaction from the government, leading to the deaths of mostly young people who were protesting.
And, as I say, we are not taking sides, but we are saying we hope that there can be a peaceful resolution. And I hope that the Tunisian Government can bring that about. Fuck that shit, Secretary Clinton. Regering Tunesië ontslagen - Nieuws. De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van cookies. We maken een onderscheid tussen functionele cookies en cookies voor het beheer van webstatistieken, advertenties en social media. De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van functionele en analytische cookies om inzicht te krijgen in de werking en effectiviteit van haar websites. De daarmee verzamelde gegevens worden niet gebruikt om activiteiten van individuele gebruikers te volgen. De advertentie en social media cookies van derden verzamelen mogelijk gegevens ook buiten de websites van de NPO.
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Cookie instellingen aanpassen? Unruhen in Tunis » News-Blog. Von Gero von Randow, Tunis (gvr), Wolfgang Blau (wb), Karin Geil (kg) und Christian Bangel (cb) 20.20 Liebe Leser, hiermit beenden wir unser Live-Blog. Nach 23 Jahren hat das Volk in Tunesien Präsident Ben Ali von der Macht vertrieben. Wie es weitergehen wird im Land, ist noch nicht gewiss. Auch nachdem bekannt geworden war, dass der Diktator das Land verlassen hat, waren im Zentrum von Tunis noch Schüsse zu hören.
ZEIT ONLINE wird weiter berichten. 19.43 Durch die Luftraumsperrung verzögert sich auch die Heimkehr der rund 2000 Tunesien-Urlauber des Reiseveranstalters Thomas Cook. 19.33 Social Media wird oft als “Stream” beschrieben. 19.05 Es gibt neue Gerüchte: Nach Informationen des französischen TV-Senders BFM und von Al Jazeera soll Ben Ali unterwegs nach Paris sein, während sich seine Frau in Dubai aufhalte. 18.51 Das ist eine friedliche arabische – und mitnichten islamistische!
18.13 Die Proteste in Tunesien werden im Netz intensiv begleitet. 17.46 Die Lage hier ist zurzeit ruhig. Was What Happened in Tunisia a Twitter Revolution?: Tech News and Analysis « The First WikiLeaks Revolution? | WikiLeaked. Tunisia crisis: live updates | World news. As the Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali flees his country, we are bringing our live coverage to an end.
Our correspondent in Tunis, Angelique Chrisafis, has just filed this excellent piece after spending a day on the streets. And here's our latest news story. Here's a summary of the day's events. • Tunisia's president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has fled the country after days of street riots forced him out. The prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, has assumed power and promised to "respect the constitution and implement the political, economic and social reforms that have been announced". • A state of emergency has been declared in the country. . • Our correspondent, Angelique Chrisafis, reports that French police are awaiting the arrival of Bin Ali's plane in Paris. . • The UK Foreign Office is advising against travel to the country. Thanks very much for all your comments and good night. This is what the Associated Press says in its latest dispatch from Tunis: He goes on: The First Twitter Revolution? - By Ethan Zuckerman. Friday evening, Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali boarded a jet for Malta, leaving his prime minister to face streets filled with protesters demanding a change of government in the North African country.
The protests began weeks earlier in the central city of Sidi Bouzid, sparked by the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed university graduate whose informal vegetable stall was shuttered by the police. His despair exemplified the frustration that many Tunisians felt with their contracting economy, high levels of unemployment and inequality, censored media and Internet, and widespread corruption. Protests spread from city to city, with trade unions, lawyers, and countless unemployed Tunisian youth demanding a change to an economic system that appeared to benefit a small number of families close to power and leave ordinary citizens behind. As the protests intensified, Ben Ali offered concessions to his people: 23 years into his reign, he agreed to step down in 2014. New Left Project | NLP Blog. Tunisia, Twitter, Aristotle, Social Media and Final and Efficient Causes. A debate has been raging on the role social media—especially Facebook and Twitter— played in the apparently successful uprising in Tunisia.
Most of the discussion seems to be centered around the use of the term “Twitter Revolution.” Ethan Zuckerman responds that “the Internet can take some credit for toppling Tunisia’s government, but not all of it.” When you read Ethan Zuckerman’s great piece –and he is, along with Jillian C. York—among the few people participating in this debate who were in touch with Tunisian dissidents on the ground not just through this crisis but over the years, it becomes clear that being able to disseminate information using social media was key in multiple respects: “[In spite of lack of attention compared to the Iranian protests] … the irony is that social media likely played a significant role in the events … Ben Ali’s government tightly controlled all forms of media, on and offline.
His colleague, Jillian C. So what to make of all of this? Tunisia: Can We Please Stop Talking About ?Twitter Revolutions? - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ? 2011. Tunisia and the New Arab Media Space. The Corruption Game. Tunileaks.