Many in tech crowd keeps thinking of whistleblowers or rare cases as typical of what activists do, not developing tools they actually need.
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Tools to protect activists & reduce mass surveillance=YES. But they also need tools for publicity, verification, authenticity confirmation.
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If you are in tech consider developing tools to help 1-Verify information. Disinformation & info glut, not blocking, is the new censorship.
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Remember, like most human activities, censorship is circumvented in networks. It's rarely your image of the lonely dissident.
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For the most part, censorship via blocking is an attempt to delegitimize information & mark circumvention as .. dirty, not okay.
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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.
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That's why disinformation & fake info gluts, and discouraging people from knowing what to believe is so effective. Because blocking is not.
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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 …
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Activists need security; but also tools for verifying pics & video; filtering info glut; dealing with intermediaries—Twitter, FB, Google.
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If you are in tech; there is a lot you can do to help. Please consider finding ways to talk to activists around the world. /end
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Also, a fascinating 1949 Orwell essay on Gandhi and scope conditions of civil disobedience. http://theorwellprize.co.uk/george-orwell/by-orwell/essays-and-other-works/reflections-on-gandhi/ …pic.twitter.com/el1hzYOrob
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