Introduction
Bahrain made Reporters Without Border's list of "Internet Enemies" and the lack of freedom of information has definitely not improved in this oppressive country. Citizens have protested the "constitutional monarchy" of their government although it seemed to be making progress after its change in rulers in 1999 to King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah. Women gained the right to vote, they had their first parliamentary election, exiles were repatriated, draconian laws were repealed, and censorship was relatively lessened. But despite all these seemingly positive changes and Bahrain's great internet coverage and high level of users (77% internet penetration), it's royal family continues to censor and filter internet content. The royal family owns one of the prominent and important internet provides in the country, Batelco. This means that their government plays a huge role in what content is made available to the public. Through this project I aimed to find out what living in a country with such serious internet censorship is like.