Anonymous Blogging Guide Released in Multiple Languages

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: January 25, 2006 5:17:58 PM EST
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Randall.  DLH]

> From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: January 14, 2006 8:29:20 AM PST
> To: Dave <dave () farber net>
> Cc: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> 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.)

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