Repression against Indymedia

This document attempts to provide as complete as possible overview on repressional measures directed against Indymedia Centers around the world.
Please contribute and update it.

Please note that there exists a similar and partially overlapping document at ImcOppression which also lists repression to people, not just technical infrastructure (which this document is currently mostly about).

Incidents

2001: Seattle IMC visited by US Secret Service and FBI seeking access to user data, gag order imposed

• http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2001/04/3013.shtml

2003: IMC Israel shut down

• http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0312/S00223.htm
• http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/12/276171.shtml

2003: Diebold attempts DMCA takedown of Indymedia servers hosting leaked documents revealing voting machine flaws

• http://www.eff.org/cases/online-policy-group-v-diebold

2004: The Ahimsa seizure : invoked reason : an article (first link) on the hosted IMC-Nantes website

• AhimsaOverview
• http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mtoups/nantes/copsinnantes.htm
• http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/298741.html
• http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/11/300886.html

2004: US Secret Service attempts to gain access to NYC-Indymedia IP logs in conjunction with RNC protests

• http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/08/111732.shtml

2005: IMC Paris/Île de France requested to hand over IP address logs

• http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-process/2005-February/0221-yr.html

2005: IMC Bristol server seizure

• http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/315177.html

2008: Saravá collective server seizure

• http://www.sarava.org/pt-br/node/46

2008: IMC Istanbul banned in Turkey

• http://istanbul.indymedia.org/news/2008/03/235295.php
• http://london.indymedia.org/articles/717
• https://docs.indymedia.org/Global/IstanbulBlock

2008/2009: IMC Athens and IMC Patras threatened to be to shut down

• http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/19/18609126.php
• http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=en&article_id=1056060

2009: IMC Israel investigated

• http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/21/18603344.php

2009: IMC UK + IMC global server seizure

• http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/420278.html
• http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/09/437512.html

2009: Indymedia.us and EFF successfully fend off illegal FBI subpoena and gag order for visitor IP logs

• http://www.eff.org/wp/anatomy-bogus-subpoena-indymedia

Related

• http://www.indymedia.org/fbi/
• WebHomeProjects#Repression