How much do you know about Internet censorship?

Internet censorship is quickly becoming one of the most-talked about and most threatening issues in the world today. We often take freedom of expression and privacy rights online for granted without thinking about the real threat of Internet censorship that exists all around us.

How much do you REALLY know about Internet censorship? Test your knowledge with this short little quiz. See how well you are informed about this important issue.

What is your age?
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1. First, an easy question: Is China the only country where certain aspects of the Internet are censored?
Yes.
No.
2. Which continent/region has the lowest internet penetration rate in the world?
Africa.
Asia.
The Middle East.
3. Which university is NOT involved in the OpenNet Initiative?
Harvard University.
University of Cambridge.
Columbia University.
University of Toronto.
4. What is Psiphon?
A blog devoted to investigating Internet censorship.
A computer game where hackers fight Internet censorship.
A web proxy designed to circumvent Internet content-filters.
An Amnesty International campaign devoted to fighting Internet censorship.
5. Which continent/region has the highest Internet usage growth rate (measured between 2000 and 2007)?
Africa.
Asia.
The Middle East.
Latin America.
6. Yahoo! have supplied email users' private data to Chinese authorities.
True.
False.
7. Is Internet censored in North America?
No, all content is freely accessible.
Yes.
8. What topics are the most likely to be blocked on Chinese search engines?
Tibetan independence.
Local content, especially blogs by political dissidents.
Falun Gong.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Wikipedia and some international news sources.
All of the above.
9. What is the Golden Shield Project?
A project by exiled Chinese dissidents to break the "Great Firewall of China".
A Google China project that provides premium Internet filtering software.
A system run by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China that filters Internet content.
10. Now for some more term definitions: What is VoIP, and why do some countries block access to it?
Vaulted (or) Inverse Provision, an American service that circumvents Internet censorship filters.
Voice over Internet Protocol (e.g. Skype) is blocked in some countries in order to protect national telecom monopolies.
Voice-over Integration Process, that allows users to encrypt audiovisual information on blogs. (e.g. Scientology videos)
11. What is a DDOS Attack?
Distributed Denial of Service Attack.
Distributed Downloading Operating System Attack.
Distributed Door Open Source Attack.

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