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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

Internet censorship by country (2018)[1][2][3][4][5]

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[edit]

  • 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.

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  1. ^ "Freedom on the Net 2018" (PDF). Freedom House. November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  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
  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.
  4. ^ Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012
  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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