Nation‐states’ desire to control the Internet is reflected in an increasing number of countries that employ ongoing, policy‐backed technical Internet filtering practices. This qualitative study investigated the mechanisms that operate at the international level of analysis, driving the growth, and spread of such Internet filtering activities across the globe. With an innovative combination of methods, two consecutive steps mark a valid point of departure in addressing this wide research gap. First, a Delphi study surveyed scholars of Internet governance and diffusion studies in political science and sociology about potential causes that drive states to implement technical Internet filtering practices. The second step tested the potential cause that the experts deemed to be most relevant with a comparative case study between South Korea, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. On the basis of the OpenNet Initiative’s empirical tests for technical Internet filtering, the study established a robust relationship between the implementation of state‐mandated technical Internet filtering practices and similar problems of role‐equivalent states as a predictor of international policy diffusion.

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互联网技术过滤实践的泛滥：系统化的跟踪政策及其实施

民族国家控制互联网的愿望反映在越来越多的国家中，这些国家采用了持续的，由政策支持的互联网技术过滤实践。这项定性研究调查了在国际分析水平上起作用的机制，这些机制推动了此类Internet筛选活动的增长和遍及全球。通过创新的方法组合，两个连续的步骤标志着解决这一广泛研究空白的正确出发点。首先，一项德尔福研究对政治学和社会学中互联网治理和传播研究的学者进行了调查，探讨了促使国家实施技术互联网过滤实践的潜在原因。第二步测试了专家认为与韩国，巴基斯坦，和孟加拉国。根据OpenNet Initiative对技术Internet过滤的经验测试，该研究在国家强制性技术Internet过滤实践的实施与角色等效状态的类似问题（作为国际政策扩散的预测指标）之间建立了稳固的关系。