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2 unusual facts about OpenNet Initiative


Jillian York

In 2008, she joined the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace, where she worked on the OpenNet Initiative, a joint project whose goal is to monitor and report on internet filtering and surveillance practices by nations, and Herdict, and conducted research on distributed denial-of-service attacks.

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OpenNet Initiative, a joint project with a goal of monitoring and reporting internet filtering and surveillance practices by nations



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Internet censorship in the Arab Spring

However, as noted by Jillian York, coordinator of the OpenNet Initiative, the few Libyans that did have Internet access were educated and politically aware and therefore more influential.