[WEBINAR] #KeepItOn during a shutdown: how to measure, document, and circumvent internet shutdowns

From Uganda to Iran, this year governments continue to disrupt the internet and communications during elections, protests, exams and beyond. As part of the #KeepItOn global campaign to end internet shutdowns, this workshop invites tech and media experts to discuss how to measure, collect evidence, and respond during a shutdown.

Speakers:
Ramakrishna Padmanabhan, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA).
Maria Xynou, Research and Partnerships Director, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
Yvonne Ng, Program Manager, WITNESS
Gustaf Bjorksten, Chief Technologist, Access Now

Moderated by: Rafael Nunes, #KeepItOn fellow at Access Now

Resources in this webinar:
#KeepItOn Advocacy Toolkit
#KeepItOn Shutdowns FAQ, https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton-faq/;
#KeepItOn Internet Shutdowns and Elections Handbook, https://www.accessnow.org/internet-shutdowns-and-elections-handbook/;
STOP Data: https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton/;
Stories: Uganda 2021: https://www.accessnow.org/internet-shutdown-stories-from-uganda/
Share your stories: https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton/#take-action
KillSwitch Podcast: https://katrinawesencraft.com/2020/11/05/podcast-review-kill-switch/
OONI download page (mobile and desktop apps), https://ooni.org/install/; Access and explore OONI measurement results, https://explorer.ooni.org/; About the OONI Project, https://ooni.org/about/; OONI FAQ page, https://ooni.org/support/faq/; OONI Data Policy, https://ooni.org/about/data-policy; OONI Documentation about potential risks, https://ooni.org/about/risks/;
IODA dashboard with live and historic shutdown data, https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/dashboard; About the IODA project, https://www.caida.org/projects/ioda/; IODA Help page (which also contains links to the screencasts): https://ioda.caida.org/ioda/help;
WITNESS, Documenting during internet shutdowns, https://blog.witness.org/2020/02/documenting-during-internet-shutdowns/;
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) guide to journalists during shutdowns - https://cpj.org/2021/04/digital-safety-internet-shutdowns/.
Other shutdown records: https://internetshutdowns.in/ (India), https://killswitch.pk/ (Pakistan), https://transparencyreport.google.com/traffic/overview?hl=en (Google’s Transparency reporting), https://radar.cloudflare.com/ (CloudFlare measurement), https://pulse.internetsociety.org/ (ISCO Pulse)
Contact Access Now Helpline if you are a journalist, activist, or member of civil society and facing threats of internet shutdowns: https://accessnow.org/help

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