The absence of any transparency in the management of public finances makes it impossible to calculate with any degree of accuracy the sums invested by authorities in Tunisia and abroad to control Internet use and block any information that might reflect negatively on the activities of those in power.

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of state-sanctioned Internet censorship in Tunisia.
It was written by non-experts, for non-experts, with the aim of exposing the regulatory and technical mechanisms of censorship, but more importantly, of assisting Tunisian rights defenders by providing them with the tools necessary to understand and protect themselves against the various forms of attack they regularly come under when accessing their e-mail or surfing the Net.
But it is our hope too that it might foster a sense of citizenship as a rampart against marginalisation, particularly among young people, the largest users of the Internet.