Everything wrong with the techie concept political dissidents. In most places, they TRY to be as HIGH as possible.pic.twitter.com/whpNdb1X8a
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Everything wrong with the techie concept political dissidents. In most places, they TRY to be as HIGH as possible.pic.twitter.com/whpNdb1X8a
You met a political activist? Their question is not how can I hide as well as illegal porn. It's how can I get my topic to trend? Go viral?
Political activists need privacy; just like ordinary people do, to protect their regular life. But most are trying to be SEEN—not hide.
(I exclude some cases; really repressive countries and some special cases, especially for solidarity work. Speaking in general, though).
I support encryption to protect privacy; but dissident politics is the act of expanding networks. That, by nature, is not a secret activity.
Many in tech crowd keeps thinking of whistleblowers or rare cases as typical of what activists do, not developing tools they actually need.
Tools to protect activists & reduce mass surveillance=YES. But they also need tools for publicity, verification, authenticity confirmation.
If you are in tech consider developing tools to help 1-Verify information. Disinformation & info glut, not blocking, is the new censorship.
Remember, like most human activities, censorship is circumvented in networks. It's rarely your image of the lonely dissident.
For the most part, censorship via blocking is an attempt to delegitimize information & mark circumvention as .. dirty, not okay.
When people want to circumvent, it doesn't require the whole country do so. People are networked so IF they want to share, it gets around.
That's why disinformation & fake info gluts, and discouraging people from knowing what to believe is so effective. Because blocking is not.
zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Yes, sure. I'm talking about what tools are getting resources and attention while huge needs are unmet, ignored. https://twitter.com/can/status/763407212102373377 …
zeynep tufekci added,
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