About "closed" social networks, when people prefer to stay in their small world, I heard at #SplinterCon the terms : "dark forest", "cozy Web" or "postviral era".
Interesting discussion about the differences between #Matrix and #ActivityPub at #SplinterCon .
Matrix, unlike ActivityPub, separates the group/room (a social concept) from the server/instance (a technical concept) so you don't choose a server for content or content control reasons, just for technical reasons.
Proof of life from #SplinterCon!
The Community Net, providing Internet access in war-torn Myanmar (sometimes for offline devices, with asynchronous synch) https://www.thecommunitynet.org/
ShortMesh Distributing SMS even when the SMS provider boycotts your country (Iran, Cuba). Useful with some projects that require a verification of the phone number. (Using Matrix.) https://smswithoutborders.com/
End of #SplinterCon, but the fight continues.
Rewards for several projects that struggle against Internet censorship and fragmentation at #SplinterCon :
Libo Libo (mostly russian podcast using P2P to avoid censorship) https://libolibo.me/
The Community Net, providing Internet access in war-torn Myanmar (sometimes for offline devices, with asynchronous synch) https://www.thecommunitynet.org/
ShortMesh Distributing SMS even when the SMS provider boycotts your country (Iran, Cuba). Useful with some projects that require a verification of the phone number. (Using Matrix.) https://smswithoutborders.com/
Rewards for several projects that struggle against Internet censorship and fragmentation at #SplinterCon :
Libo Libo (mostly russian podcast using P2P to avoid censorship) https://libolibo.me/
Yet another fascinating talk from the #GEODE team. Louis Pétiniaud talking about data routes and BGP manipulations as geopolitical tools. The map shows all the places that GEODE team has been to doing their fieldwork.
Final keynote from the opening of #SplinterCon by Lai Yi Ohslen. She advocates for a multi-layered approach to measure Internet fragmentation, including user experience of splinternet (!) The internet has always been splintered – she says.
Francesca Musiani @franmusiani talking about federation and the Fediverse as a way to fix ongoing fragmentation of Internet
We have just kicked off SplinterCon in Paris! Three days of workshops, round-tables, tool showcases ahead
In russian:
https://monitor-ru.net/ : monitoring the Internet in Russia (and the outages / shutdowns )
https://vpn-ru.net/ : choosing a VPN in Russia
Digital Sovereignty Index: how to measure sovereignty?
"In a world where speech depends on software, free speech depends on free software."
Interesting discussion about the differences between #Matrix and #ActivityPub at #SplinterCon .
Matrix, unlike ActivityPub, separates the group/room (a social concept) from the server/instance (a technical concept) so you don't choose a server for content or content control reasons, just for technical reasons.
Another view on Matrix vs. ActivityPub at #SplinterCon.
"Collateral freedom" is #RSF service to mirror censored Web sites under different URL, to work around censorship.
In russian:
https://monitor-ru.net/ : monitoring the Internet in Russia (and the outages / shutdowns )
https://vpn-ru.net/ : choosing a VPN in Russia
Comme à toute conférence où il y a des hackers et où on parle de cybersécurité, il y a des SSID marrants sur le Wifi (comme "Great Firewall", alors que @shaft n'est pas là).
Meduza is the main independant russian news site (obviously heavily censored in Russia) : https://meduza.io/
"Collateral freedom" is #RSF service to mirror censored Web sites under different URL, to work around censorship.
Introduction to the book "Digital Authoritarianism in the Making /
Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet" at #SplinterCon (did not read it yet)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553674/digital-authoritarianism-in-the-making/
Meduza is the main independant russian news site (obviously heavily censored in Russia) : https://meduza.io/
Good morning, Paris! Third day of #SplinterCon, the conference about Internet fragmentation, censorship, and other sad things.
(Toot is late because my instance was down. In the fediverse, there is always at least one broken instance)
Introduction to the book "Digital Authoritarianism in the Making /
Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet" at #SplinterCon (did not read it yet)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553674/digital-authoritarianism-in-the-making/
Good morning, Paris! Third day of #SplinterCon, the conference about Internet fragmentation, censorship, and other sad things.
(Toot is late because my instance was down. In the fediverse, there is always at least one broken instance)
