Access to websites blocked in Tunisia for UN World Summit on Info Society
In Tunis, internet governance rhymes with state control
By APCNews writing from Tunisia
Today, the website of the Citizens' Summit on the Information Society
(CSIS) was effectively off-line for all web users in Tunisia. It appears
that Tunisian authorities have started to intensify their crackdown on
legitimate initiatives related to the World Summit on the information
Society (WSIS). Blocking the access to the www.citizens-summit.org is
the latest in a series of measures introduced to silence voices critical
of the government and its human right record. Read more