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What happen to websites and blogs after they get blocked? Do arrested and threatened bloggers and digital activists stop their online activities once they face a governmental threat? my keynote for re:publica 10 conference, Berlin, April 15, 2010

Technology

do censorship & repression kill content online?

sami ben gharbia, re:publica10, Berlin, April 15, 2010

silencing online speech, how-to do it?
 

censorship hacking &
DDOS
@
DPI ❺
atmosphere punishing &
of fear persecuting

 

e-journalists & bloggers represent 45% of all media workers in prison (CPJ)

threatened voices: country proﬁle page

103 124

threatened voices: blogger proﬁle

103 124

threatened voices, who, where, when, what and why?

103 124

threatened voices: data visualization per country

103 124

227 threatened bloggers worldwide - April 2010 (most repressive region)

Arab World Rest Of the World

Arab World
41%
Rest Of the World
59%

135 92

227 threatened bloggers worldwide - April 2010 (most repressive region)

Middle East Rest Of the World

Rest Of the World
45% Middle East
55%

103 124

voices threatened vs. years in power :)

103 124

credit: anasqtiesh.com

blogs of threatened bloggers, before & after (exp. from Saudi Arabia and Iran)

before after

103 124

digital activists networks and censorship (Tunisia)

credit: Fieke Jansen

is censorship killing content? (Tunisia)

dead websites/blogs

34% of those 67 blocked websites are dead (Tunisia)

Dead Websites Alive

44 23
Dead Websites
34%

Alive
66%

blocked websites, before & after (exp. from Tunisia)

http://www.ltdh.org/ website of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) becoming a chinese website!!!

blocked websites, before & after (exp. from Tunisia)

http://www.cnlt98.org/ website the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT) becoming a website with sponsored links!!!

blocked websites, before & after (exp. from Tunisia)

http://tounes.naros.info/ website of another Tunisian NGO, DNS reserved but empty!!!

keyword ﬁltering killing content (images non-visible for users in Tunisia)

deep packet inspection (DPI) killing content inside emails

email as seen from
outside Tunisia

same email as seen
from Tunisia

general consequences of online censorship for bloggers & webmasters

short-term: some publicity & support (tiny % of bloggers)
long-term: blogger will be left alone
isolating the blogger from his/her environment
signiﬁcant decrease in readership
signiﬁcant decrease in interactivity and conversation
shift from blogging to protest
doubting the values of blogging
scaring out and discouraging others bloggers
killing content

website/blog blocked, what next?
creating a new blog/website (easy)
losing page ranking + loosing referring links + confusing
readership
migrating (advanced/impossible)
redirecting to a new DNS (advanced/costly/impossible)
setting up mirror blog (advanced/costly/impossible)
setting up a secure website -https- (advanced/costly/
temporarily/impossible)
become an “exiled blogger” (temporarily)
relying on facebook and other web 2.0 platforms as “safe”
haven (temporarily)
self-censorship
stop blogging (RIP ?%)

micro-pipeline as unblockable infrastructure?

cross-posting & mirroring, not always working!

playing with platforms: from youtube to google earth, maps, etc.

sponsored links as unblockable information!

an endless cat-and-mouse game...
thank you
sami ben gharbia

work
advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org
threatened.globalvoicesonline.org

blog & projects
samibengharbia.com
nawaat.org
babtounes.com
cybversion.org
twitter.com/iﬁkra

email
advocacy@globalvoicesonline.org

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do censorship & repression kill content online?

1. do censorship & repression kill content online? sami ben gharbia, re:publica10, Berlin, April 15, 2010

2. silencing online speech, how-to do it?   censorship hacking & DDOS @ DPI ❺ atmosphere punishing & of fear persecuting  

3. e-journalists & bloggers represent 45% of all media workers in prison (CPJ)

4. threatened voices: country proﬁle page 103 124

5. threatened voices: blogger proﬁle 103 124

6. threatened voices, who, where, when, what and why? 103 124

7. threatened voices: data visualization per country 103 124

8. 227 threatened bloggers worldwide - April 2010 (most repressive region) Arab World Rest Of the World Arab World 41% Rest Of the World 59% 135 92

9. 227 threatened bloggers worldwide - April 2010 (most repressive region) Middle East Rest Of the World Rest Of the World 45% Middle East 55% 103 124

10. voices threatened vs. years in power :) 103 124 credit: anasqtiesh.com

11. blogs of threatened bloggers, before & after (exp. from Saudi Arabia and Iran) before after 103 124

12. digital activists networks and censorship (Tunisia) credit: Fieke Jansen

13. is censorship killing content? (Tunisia) dead websites/blogs

14. 34% of those 67 blocked websites are dead (Tunisia) Dead Websites Alive 44 23 Dead Websites 34% Alive 66%

15. blocked websites, before & after (exp. from Tunisia) http://www.ltdh.org/ website of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) becoming a chinese website!!!

16. blocked websites, before & after (exp. from Tunisia) http://www.cnlt98.org/ website the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT) becoming a website with sponsored links!!!

17. blocked websites, before & after (exp. from Tunisia) http://tounes.naros.info/ website of another Tunisian NGO, DNS reserved but empty!!!

18. keyword ﬁltering killing content (images non-visible for users in Tunisia)

19. deep packet inspection (DPI) killing content inside emails email as seen from outside Tunisia same email as seen from Tunisia

20. general consequences of online censorship for bloggers & webmasters short-term: some publicity & support (tiny % of bloggers) long-term: blogger will be left alone isolating the blogger from his/her environment signiﬁcant decrease in readership signiﬁcant decrease in interactivity and conversation shift from blogging to protest doubting the values of blogging scaring out and discouraging others bloggers killing content

21. website/blog blocked, what next? creating a new blog/website (easy) losing page ranking + loosing referring links + confusing readership migrating (advanced/impossible) redirecting to a new DNS (advanced/costly/impossible) setting up mirror blog (advanced/costly/impossible) setting up a secure website -https- (advanced/costly/ temporarily/impossible) become an “exiled blogger” (temporarily) relying on facebook and other web 2.0 platforms as “safe” haven (temporarily) self-censorship stop blogging (RIP ?%)

22. micro-pipeline as unblockable infrastructure?

23. cross-posting & mirroring, not always working!

24. playing with platforms: from youtube to google earth, maps, etc.

25. sponsored links as unblockable information!

26. an endless cat-and-mouse game... thank you sami ben gharbia work advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org threatened.globalvoicesonline.org blog & projects samibengharbia.com nawaat.org babtounes.com cybversion.org twitter.com/iﬁkra email advocacy@globalvoicesonline.org

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