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Mobiles for Activism & Advocacy Examples, Challenges & Opportunities Patrick Meier Director of Research DigiActive.org MobileActive08, Johannesbur

Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final

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Mobiles for Activism & AdvocacyExamples, Challenges & Opportunities

Patrick Meier Director of ResearchDigiActive.org MobileActive08, Johannesburg

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Presentation Focuses on

Grassroots Digital Activists…

Limited Resources Loose Networks Anonymity Individual Actors

Security Low/No Budget

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Examples…

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1. Using Mobile Phones to Organize and Coordinate Protests…

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Protests…

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Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

Protests…

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Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”

Protests…

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Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”

Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”

Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”

Protests…

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2. Using Mobile Phone Videos to Document Human Rights Abuses…

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Videos…

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Egypt - “Exposing Torture”

Videos…

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Tibet - “Media Blackout?”

Egypt - “Exposing Torture”

Videos…

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Morocco ‘08 - “Exposing Abuse”

Egypt - “Exposing Torture”

Tibet ’08 - “Media Blackout?”

Videos…

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Using a Camera Phone and YouTube to Expose Police

Brutality in Morocco

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3. Using Microblogging Tools to Bridge Between Mobile Phones and

Internet Activism

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MicroBlogging…

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MicroBlogging…

Egypt - “Twitter out of Jail”

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Egypt - “Twitter out of Jail”

China - “Live-Twittered Arrest”

MicroBlogging…

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Egypt - “Twitter out of Jail”

China - “Live-Twittered Arrest”

MicroBlogging…

Egypt - “Twitter to Safety”

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Issues to Consider…

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1. Network Structure

centralized decentralized distributed

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networks

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2. Security

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Surveillance

Content Filtering

Traceability

Network Integrity

2. Security

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NonID Prepaid Cards

(Anonymity)

“Mobile” Mobile Activism

(On the Move)

Avoid Centralization

(Distribute Risk)

2. Security

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3. Cost

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NGO Budget

Premium Rate Number

Prepaid Cards

Top-up to Subscribe?

3. Cost

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4. Dissemination

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Calling for Action

Using Relays

Distributed Public Sphere

Using Complementary Tools

4. Dissemination

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Thank You

www.DigiActive.org

[email protected]

Twitter.com/DigiActive

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