Video-sharing website inaccessible again in Tunisia

Reporters Without Borders today called on the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) to publicly explain why access to the video-sharing website Dailymotion is being blocked. Dailymotion has been inaccessible from within Tunisia since 1 September. “Whether it is responsible or not, the ATI should take a position on this measure and should not leave Tunisian Internet users with no idea of what is happening,” the press freedom organisation said. The ATI told Reporters Without Borders that it was “not aware of the filtering” that is assumed to be the cause. But TopNet, one of Tunisia's leading Internet Service Providers, referred to “temporary filtering” that had been decided by the ATI. Technical problems were cited when Dailymotion could not be accessed for about 10 days in April. A privately-owned Internet Service Provider was said to have installed filtering that made it inaccessible throughout the country.