Wikipedia:Meetup/San Francisco/Internet Censorship

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San Francisco Meetup # 23

	Date: December 14, 2014
	Time: 1-5 pm
	Place: Electronic Frontier Foundation - 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
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Internet Censorship Edit-a-thon

Join volunteers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, and the Bay Area Wikipedia community to write and edit about human rights and free speech online. We will improve, create, and update Wikipedia articles related to global internet censorship.

People regularly turn to Wikipedia to get a basic overview of internet censorship, so it's crucial that we ensure Wikipedia’s coverage is up-to-date and accurate. Internet censorship means that users across the world aren't always using the same Internet, cannot access the same websites, or can't contribute to or read the same Wikipedia articles. Speech-chilling government surveillance, blocking, and filtering are all methods of censorship, and they are globally ubiquitous. Internet censorship impacts users everywhere, because fewer people are able to upload or contribute to the Internet or access information online.

In addition to improving articles on Internet Censorship as a broad topic, we will focus on improving and updating key articles about internet censorship for individual countries, and if possible, ensure the content is also available in their local language.

Please join us in person or online to help improve the public conversation on Internet Censorship. All levels of Wikipedia-editing experience are welcome!

Details

Date: December 14, 2014
Time: 1-5pm
Location: Electronic Frontier Foundation office (815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109) – [1]
What is this event?: This Edit-a-Thon will focus on creating, expanding, translating, and improving articles related to Internet censorship. Learn more about Internet Censorship, how to edit Wikipedia, and collaborate to build knowledge and community.
Computers: Participants should bring their own laptop and power cords.
Participants: Anyone can edit Wikipedia, including you! No wiki editing experience is necessary, and support will be on hand to help you out. Can't be there the whole time? No worries; join us as long as you can. Can't be there in person? Join us remotely!
Questions?: Feel free to use the talk page to ask any questions about the event.
RSVP: See below for registration.
Online participation: Link to webchat interface for IRC channel.

Suggestions/Task List

Update Internet censorship and surveillance by country
- Compare Wikipedia's list with:
  - Freedom of the Net (Freedom House)
  - Enemies of the Internet (Reporters Without Borders)
  - Open Net Initiatives
Update the Internet section of the Corporate censorship article
Update articles in the category Category:Internet censorship
Expand/reorganize/improve the article on Internet censorship
Create/expand articles on Internet censorship for specific countries (Category:Internet censorship by country)
Join the Wikiproject on Freedom of Speech or Mass surveillance
Join the conversation on a talk page for a related article

Resources

Global Voices Advocacy
Bloggers' Rights - EFF
Internet censorship and control
Help:Cheatsheet - quick guide to Wiki markup
Basic tutorial

RSVP

Feel free to add your name below if you plan to come!

Nikikana (talk) 15:36, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Stephen (talk) 01:31, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ford MF (talk) 18:39, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Dannyobrien (talk) 23:55, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Dreamyshade (talk) 22:35, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
aprilaser (talk) 20:04, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Jenny Manrique
multiple1902
DriverDan (talk) 21:23, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Willyrogers (talk) 00:48, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Jokudasai (talk)

Results / Outcomes

Note down what you worked on (or are working on)!

Articles created

Don't Filter Me

Articles improved

added info from 2014 Freedom on the Net report to that section in Internet Censorship article
Added references to Peacefire
Internet censorship in the United States#Individual websites - consolidated sections and added context for better balance.
Updated Internet censorship and surveillance by country with events from 2014
Updated Internet censorship in South Africa. Added info on POPI, law ensuring the constitutional right to privacy.
Updated Internet censorship in China and List of blacklisted keywords in China with better website examples and external reference.
Updated List of Chinese dissidents with Xu Zhiyong and Ilham Tohti who got arrested due to online activities.
Updated WeChat, reflecting the recent censorship measures.
Added a filtering, censorship, and harassment section to the article Internet in Azerbaijan, added citations throughout, and improved opening section
Updated Telecommunications in Angola#Internet censorship and surveillance with 2014 changes
Updated Telecommunications in Armenia#Censorship with additional refs and 2014 changes
Minor improvement to Censorship in Italy#Internet censorship
Updated Internet censorship in Malawi with info from 2011, 2013, and 2014
Updated Internet censorship in Thailand with info from 2011 onwards.
Updated Internet censorship in New Zealand with a tiny bit of info from 2012

^ "Freedom on the Net 2018" (PDF). Freedom House. November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
^ OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 29 October 2012 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa
^ "Internet Enemies", Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
^ Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012
^ Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.

[FOTN-2018-1] "Freedom on the Net 2018" (PDF). Freedom House. November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

[ONISS-Nov2011-2] OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 29 October 2012 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa

[RWBEnemies2014-3] "Internet Enemies", Enemies of the Internet 2014: Entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 11 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

[RWBEnemies2012-4] Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012

[ONIChildPornLegal-5] Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.

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