Essays about: "internet censorship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words internet censorship.

  1. 1. The Effect Background Traffic in VPNs has on Website Fingerprinting

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Gustav Rehnholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Website Fingerprinting; Virtual Private Network; Deep Learning; Mönsterigenkänning; Virtuellt Privat Nätverk; Djup Inlärning;

    Abstract : Tor and VPNs are used by many to be anonymous and circumvent censorship on the Internet. Therefore, traffic analysis attacks that enable adversaries to link users to their online activities are a severe threat. READ MORE

  3. 2. Facing SLAPP in Indonesia: A Human Rights Approach to Judicial Measures Silencing Journalists

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Jonatan Klefbom; [2022]
    Keywords : Freedom of expression; Freedom of the press; International Human Rights Law; Journalists; SLAPP; Indonesia.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The UN Human Rights Council has several times addressed the expanding issue of judicial harassments against journalists around the world. In a functioning democracy, it is important to protect the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press. READ MORE

  4. 3. Non-violent resistance movements in the light of digital repression

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Anna Plaudina; [2022]
    Keywords : repression; digital repression; backfire effect; censorship; Belarus; digital revolution; mobilization; ICT; Telegram revolution;

    Abstract : Over the past decade, the success rate of non-violent resistance movements has decreased. With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), governments have taken repression into the digital realm to tamper with protest movements. READ MORE

  5. 4. 222 Days of Platform Lockdown : Circumvention Culture, Digital Activism and Internet Censorship

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Iheanyi Genius Amaraizu; [2022]
    Keywords : Internet; Social Media; Twitter; Circumvention; Censorship; digital activism; democracy; Platform; Lockdown; Shutdown; social movements;

    Abstract : This work investigates internet censorship in Nigeria, describing experiences and citizens’ led circumvention practices following the ban of Twitter by the Nigerian government. Based on a quantitative survey and qualitative interview of active Twitter users in Lagos and Abuja Nigeria, the research realizes and categorizes circumvention practices embraced within the period of effecting the ban into technology, self-censorship, and platform jumping. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Digital Woyane” – fighting the digital revolution : political activists, the use of social media and the construction of nationalist sentiments in Tigray, Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Mirjam Zehnder; [2020]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; Tigray; Social Media Activism; Political Participation; Political Protests; Nationalism; Ethnicity; African Media Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, digital technologies provided new affordances for movement leaders as communication strategies in political protests in order to advance democratisation processes, especially in less developed countries. In Ethiopia, numerous protests have been taken place lately, which were mainly organised along ethnic lines on the basis of nationalist sentiments. READ MORE