Thursday, September 22, 2005
Reporters Without Borders Guide for Cyberdissidents
Guide Aims to Help Bloggers Beat Censors: "Guide Aims to Help Bloggers Beat Censors
The Washington Post has an article about Reporters Without Borders (RSF) new guide for bloggers and cyberdissidents who need to avoid censorship by the authorities:
The Washington Post has an article about Reporters Without Borders (RSF) new guide for bloggers and cyberdissidents who need to avoid censorship by the authorities:
Reporters Without Borders' "Handbook for Blogger and Cyber-Dissidents" is partly financed by the French government and includes technical advice on how to remain anonymous online. It was launched at the Apple Expo computer show in Paris on Thursday and can also be downloaded from RSF's Web site in Chinese, Arabic, Persian, English and FrenchWill this 87 page booklet allow political dissidents to communicate freely? Does this mean that the web is truly free and can't be censored by national governments who are afraid of free expression? Not yet, China is working hard to censor online criticism, According to Julien Pain, head of RSF's Internet Freedom desk.
"A call for free elections ... has a maximum online life of about half an hour," Pain writes of censorship in China.But this instruction manual is an great example of the efforts to promote free expression online by cyberactivists around the world. It also provides advice on how to set up a blog and what goes into making a good blog as well as advice for avoiding official scrutiny.
