Internet in Slovenia

Slovenia is noted as one of the leading European countries by the percentage of users who browse the web using Mozilla Firefox.

The .si top-level domain was registered in 1992 after Slovenia gained independence, but the use of .yu TLD continued for several years and only in the second half of the 1990s was the registry transferred to University of Belgrade.

Similarly, the use of X.400 and X.25 protocols by ARNES continued for several years due to established European research institutes' preference for ISO/OSI standards.

[5] In a telephone poll of households in 1996, 6.5% of the population declared themselves as internet users, although the number was probably overestimated due to methodological problems.

[11] The independent organization Helpline Spletno Oko (Web Eye) monitors the presence of hate speech and child pornography on the internet and received on average 62 reports and tips per month in 2012.

Under the law, internet service providers are responsible for blocking access to gambling web sites that are not licensed by the Slovenian government.