From: Randall <rvh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 14, 2006 8:29:20 AM PST
To: Dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Anonymous Blogging Guide Released in Multiple Languages
<http://htdaw.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=184494>
Anonymous Blogging Guide in Multiple Languages
Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 11:07 AM EST
Spirit of America Releases Anonymous Blogging Guides in English,
Arabic, Chinese and Persian
Spirit of America Has Launched the BlogSafer Wiki, Available at
http://www.blogsafer.org
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2006--
BlogSafer Contains a Series of Guides on How to Blog Under Difficult
Conditions in Countries That Discourage Free Speech
Spirit of America's BlogSafer wiki hosts a series of targeted
guides to
anonymous blogging, each of which outline steps a blogger in a
repressive regime can take, and tools to use, to avoid identification
and arrest. These range from common sense actions such as not
providing
identifying details on a blog to the technical, such as the use of
proxy
servers.
"A repressive regime trying to still free speech first goes after and
shuts down independent print and broadcast media," said Curt Hopkins,
project director of Spirit of America's Anonymous Blogging Campaign.
"Once that is done, it turns its attentions to online news sites. As
these outlets disappear, dissent migrates to blogs, which are
increasing
geometrically in number and are simple to set up and operate."
In the past several years at least 30 people have been arrested,
many of
whom have been tortured, for criticizing their governments. This trend
is likely to increase in the coming year.
The five guides that are currently on the wiki serve bloggers in the
following countries:
-- Iran (in Persian)
-- China (Chinese)
-- Saudi Arabia (in Arabic -- also useful for other Arabic-speaking
regimes such as Bahrain, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia)
-- Malaysia (in English -- also applicable to neighboring Indonesia
and
Singapore)
-- Zimbabwe (in English -- applicable to English-speaking Africans as
well as aid workers)
These countries were chosen because they are representative of the
kinds
of repressive tactics that have been used in the past several years
against bloggers. These include filtering, interrogation, torture and
imprisonment.
The guides are a synthesis of all currently available information
on the
subject of anonymization. They have been edited for non-technical
readers, translated into the languages of the target areas and
posted on
the wiki. Bloggers can use the wiki format to expand, edit and change
the current guides to reflect a closer knowledge of the changing
situation in their countries. Others may use the guides, and the other
resources provided, to translate the guides into other languages or
create new guides specific to their countries' situations.
The wiki will provide a work and communications space for those
bloggers
around the world seeking to speak the truth as they see it and
those in
freer countries who wish to support their fellow bloggers.
Spirit of America's mission is to extend the goodwill of the American
people to assist those advancing freedom, democracy and peace
abroad. We
provide support to those on the front lines: American military and
civilian personnel and people who call to Americans for help in their
struggle for freedom and democracy.
Spirit of America is a 501c3 nonprofit supported solely through
private-sector contributions. We do not receive funding from the
government or military. 100% of your tax-deductible donation is
used for
the purpose you choose. For more information and to support Spirit of
America and this and other projects, visit the web site at
www.spiritofamerica.net.
Blog Safer wiki: <http://www.blogsafer.com>
Anonymous Blogging blog: <http://anoniblog.blogharbor.com>
Spirit of America Anoniblogging project page:
<http://www.spiritofamerica.net/cgi-bin/soa/project.pl?
rm=view_project&request_id=104> (Due to its length, this URL may
need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address
field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)