[open-government] US State Department requests SOIs for counter-censorship technologies

Tue Jan 4 22:59:23 UTC 2011

This[1] seems interesting. I think that OKFN could be interested in applying
for funds to support the development of some of its technology products.

Some relevant extracts. The last is probably the most relevant:

   - *Counter-censorship Technology: *Development and support of web-based
   circumvention technology to enable users in closed societies to get around
   firewalls and filters in acutely hostile Internet environments. [...]
   - *Secure Mobile Communications: *Development of technologies,
   techniques, and training to enhance the security of mobile communications.
   [...]
   - *Digital Safety Training: *Development of a curriculum and training
   program to build a network of digital safety instructors to deliver
   trainings in multiple languages and regions where digital activists and
   civil society organizations are under threat.[...]
   - *Building the Technology Capacity of Digital Activists and Civil
   Society in Hostile Internet Environments in the Near East*: Training on
   and access to communication platforms to share electronic information
   securely; training for activists, bloggers, citizen journalists, and civil
   society organizations to allow them to safely and anonymously participate in
   online forums; and promotion of peer-to-peer data sharing between mobile
   devices.
   - *Virtual Open Internet Centers: *Establishment of country- or
   region-specific centers that follow online dialogue and culture in hostile
   Internet environments; identify and archive censored content and creatively
   reintroduce content and counter-censorship tools into those online
   environments. [...]
   - *Internet Public Policy:* Support for projects focused on media law
   reform in countries where changing legal and regulatory frameworks for the
   Internet have the potential to create acutely hostile Internet environments.
   Projects should include coutreach to both civil society and the business
   community.

Tim
@timClicks

[1] http://www.state.gov/g/drl/p/127829.htm
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