My slides from the Knight Foundation conference 2014.

1. OnlineCensorship.org
Co-­‐founded
by
Jillian
C.
York
and
Ramzi
Jaber
A
Project
of
The
Electronic
Frontier
Foundation

2. Crowdsourcing
user-­‐generated
reports
of
censorship
by
privately-­‐owned
online
platforms

13. How
it
works:
• Users
respond
to
a
series
of
questions

14. How
it
works:
• Users
respond
to
a
series
of
questions
• Screenshots
and
other
evidence
help
make
our
data
robust

15. How
it
works:
• Users
respond
to
a
series
of
questions
• Screenshots
and
other
evidence
help
make
our
data
robust
• Data
will
contribute
to
research,
analysis,
and
advocacy.

16. This
project
will
be:
• Assisted
by
a
team
of
expert
and
academic
advisers

17. This
project
will
be:
• Assisted
by
a
team
of
expert
and
academic
advisers
• Available
in
at
least
8
languages

18. This
project
will
be:
• Assisted
by
a
team
of
expert
and
academic
advisers
• Available
in
at
least
8
languages
• Enhanced
by
visualizations
from
the
team
at
Visualizing
Impact

19. • Learn
more
about
how
social
media
companies
enforce
their
terms
of
use.
We
seek
to:

20. • Learn
more
about
how
social
media
companies
enforce
their
terms
of
use.
• Conduct
comparative
analyses
of
how
companies
deKine
a
concept
(e.g.,
hate
speech)
in
practice.
We
seek
to:

21. • Learn
more
about
how
social
media
companies
enforce
their
terms
of
use.
• Conduct
comparative
analyses
of
how
companies
deKine
a
concept
(e.g.,
hate
speech)
in
practice.
• Raise
public
awareness
of
corporate
limitations
on
speech.
We
seek
to:

22. • Learn
more
about
how
social
media
companies
enforce
their
terms
of
use.
• Conduct
comparative
analyses
of
how
companies
deKine
a
concept
(e.g.,
hate
speech)
in
practice.
• Raise
public
awareness
of
corporate
limitations
on
speech.
• Engage
with
companies
on
ways
in
which
they
can
improve
their
terms
and
practices.
We
seek
to:

23. Questions
for
me?
jillian@eff.org
@jilliancyork
Follow
us:
@onlinecensors
https://www.facebook.com/OnlineCensorship