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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Internet and Social Control in Uzbekistan
The NetProphet blog at Transitions Online did a nice review of my new report for the New America Foundation on internet freedom and social control in Uzbekistan: The study, by American anthropologist Sarah Kendzior is the most comprehensive on this … Continue reading
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Understanding the Violence in Tajikistan
A lot of people have been asking me about the outbreak of violence in Tajikistan so I decided to put together a list of sources and coverage. The best writer on Tajikistan, in my view, is Christian Bleuer, a Central … Continue reading
Digital Freedom of Expression in Uzbekistan
Today the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation published my report, “Digital Freedom of Expression in Uzbekistan: An example of social control, and censorship, in the 21st Century”. You can download it here. This report has been in … Continue reading
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