Arab bloggers have encountered "astounding" levels of intimidation and arrest since the onset of the Arab Spring, but large numbers of them have made it easy for the authorities to find them by failing to take defensive measures to protect their identities, a survey conducted by Harvard University has found.
One third of the 98 bloggers surveyed by Harvard's Berkman Centre for Internet and Society in May said they had been threatened for their opinions and one fifth reported that their on-line accounts had been hacked.
Almost a tenth of the respondents admitted to being arrested or detained for their on-line activity.
One third of the 98 bloggers surveyed by Harvard's Berkman Centre for Internet and Society in May said they had been threatened for their opinions and one fifth reported that their on-line accounts had been hacked.
Almost a tenth of the respondents admitted to being arrested or detained for their on-line activity.
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