1. Censorship By Siji, Caitlin and Phuong

2. Our Data Visualisation Displays internet censorship on a global level. Presents the primary categories of censorship and the scale/size of censored issues in different areas. Presents the history of censorship in the form of a timeline of key events.

3. Internet Censorship The colour of the circles represents classifications of censorship, according to OpenNet Initiative. They are done for four areas of activity: Political: Views and information in opposition to those of the current government or related to human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights, and religious movements. Social: Views and information perceived as offensive or as socially sensitive, often related to sexuality, gambling, or illegal drugs and alcohol. Conflict/security: Views and information related to armed conflicts, border disputes, separatist movements, and militant groups. Internet tools: e-mail, Internet hosting, search, translation, and Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and censorship or filtering circumvention methods. The size of these circles also represents the magnitude or level of censorship. For example, larger circles imply a more pervasive portion of content is blocked; smaller circles imply a substantial or selective situation of the country/area.

4. Timeline of key events in censorship 443 BC: The office of Censor is created in the Roman Republic. 398 BC: A the height of the Peloponnesian War, Aristophanes produces his satire Lysistrata, the parliament of women. 1235: The Inquisition is established by Pope Gregory IX to patrol and enforce the orthodoxy of the Christian faith. 1641: Under the recently established Tokugawa dynasty, Japan enacts rigid laws designed to maintain peace.

5. 1667: In Paris, a new magistracy is created, the General Lieutenant of Police. 1909: Establishment of the British Board of Film Censors. They were quick. 1988: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) 2005: Network Neutrality

6. Limitations… Locating data that represented the accurate percentage of each category of censorship (i.e political, social etc.) proved to be quite difficult. In retrospect, it is not suprising that finding these figures was hard – as the data is censored.

7. Censorship by country (wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_country An example of the unclear data we were facing when trying to research.

8. A dentist’s website A woman that operated tuck shops website A tour operator’s website A Queensland boarding kennel website The Melbourne Free University website Sites on the ACMA blocked list…