A project of Global Voices Online, we seek to build a global anti-censorship network of bloggers and online activists dedicated to protecting freedom of expression and free access to information online.. read more »
Surveillance and data retention is a problem that deserves Global attention, even for developing countries. In developing countries protests for such causes are sometimes not among the list of priorities, such as poverty, hunger and violence, which are the major concerns. Not quite. In Peru, breaking news points to surveillance coming from the government, and recently in Guatemala, the President himself was under heavy surveillance.
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During the South Ossetia crisis, many people looked at the most popular Georgian pages to gather information about the situation. Big surprise, sites like the popular forum.ge or liberty.ge were not working and official sites were blocked or hacked.
read full post »A group of the leading online free speech activists from around the world have been invited to a closed meeting in advance of the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit by Global Voices Advocacy. The topic of discussion is how to work together towards a global anti-censorship movement. Renata Avila from Guatemala is liveblogging the meeting.
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Mapping the online censorship and anti-censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 websites.
A gallery of screenshots of blockpages from national filtering systems, and Internet service providers.
Our creative guide to using blogs as a advocacy tools for social and political change.
The Advocacy 2.0 Guide describes some of the best techniques and tools that digital activists can use as part of their online advocacy campaigns.
Step-by-step guidance on blogging while protecting your privacy, for personal safety.
A free software to scan a large number of URLs to determine which ones your country has blocked.
Global Voices Advocacy is a Global Voices Online project charitably supported by Hivos.
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