Step 4: Where Internet Censorship Happens

Internet filtering usually takes place at one of five locations:

1. On the device you are using;
2. At the access point through which you are connecting to the Internet;
3. Somewhere within your ISP’s network;
4. At the point where your Internet traffic leaves the country;
5. On the server from which you are requesting content.
   A national censorship regime might have influence over any of these, though we typically focus on (3) and (4) when discussing state-level filtering.