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The State of Cyber Civil Liberties in Russia

Netfreedom, Growing Civic Activism, Repression 2.0

Heritage Foundation

Washington, DC

June 1, 2011

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Net Freedom @ Freedom House

Freedom on the Net (FOTN) 2009 (15), 2011 (37)

Technology Support Support, Training, Monitoring, Research

Advocacy / Policy Internet Governance (IGF)

Freedom of Expression Engaging NGO Networks

Strategic Partnerships

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HOW DO WE MEASURE NET FREEDOM

Obstacles to Access Limits on Content Violations of User Rights

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GROWINGTHREATSTO

INTERNET FREEDOM

Legal repercussions: Use of general media legislation against

online activities as well as developmentof internet-specific legislation

Extra-legal harassment andviolence:

Detentions, intimidation Technical violence: Hacking, DDoS

attacks, etc..

Surveillance and infringements onprivacy in a wide range ofenvironments

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Repression 2.0 : New Threats

Just in Time BlockingKey website, services or infrastructure blocked

Flag for removal: Can crowd sourced mechanisms be used to suspend accounts?

Communications infrastructure turned off Technical Attacks:

Compromising SSL : Man in the middle attacks Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack

Country level Phishing attacks (Tunisia, Syria) Targeted Malware: China, Egypt

Targeted Censorship: Block key sites at critical time (Elections, protests, etc)

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Emergence of Malware Industry

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Understanding the vulnerabilities Need to understand user knowledge & choices

Surveys, Assessments, Research Need to explain vulnerabilities, threats and solutions in

simple to use language

High Risk Environments / Pervasive Surveillance Sending messages via insecure networks

Internet Mobile Networks (location tracking, remote access of phone, etc..)

What can be done (II) ?

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