digi active for mobile active 2008 final
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given by DigiActive.org on digital activism at MobileActive 2008 conferenceTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Mobiles for Activism & AdvocacyExamples, Challenges & Opportunities
Patrick Meier Director of ResearchDigiActive.org MobileActive08, Johannesburg
![Page 2: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Presentation Focuses on
Grassroots Digital Activists…
Limited Resources Loose Networks Anonymity Individual Actors
Security Low/No Budget
![Page 3: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Examples…
![Page 4: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
1. Using Mobile Phones to Organize and Coordinate Protests…
![Page 5: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Protests…
![Page 6: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”
Protests…
![Page 7: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”
Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”
Protests…
![Page 8: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Philippines ‘01 - “Coup de Text”
Spain ‘04 - “The Night of SMS”
Pakistan ‘07 - “Flash Protests”
Protests…
![Page 9: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
2. Using Mobile Phone Videos to Document Human Rights Abuses…
![Page 10: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Videos…
![Page 11: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Egypt - “Exposing Torture”
Videos…
![Page 12: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Tibet - “Media Blackout?”
Egypt - “Exposing Torture”
Videos…
![Page 13: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Morocco ‘08 - “Exposing Abuse”
Egypt - “Exposing Torture”
Tibet ’08 - “Media Blackout?”
Videos…
![Page 14: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Using a Camera Phone and YouTube to Expose Police
Brutality in Morocco
![Page 15: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
3. Using Microblogging Tools to Bridge Between Mobile Phones and
Internet Activism
![Page 16: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
MicroBlogging…
![Page 17: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
MicroBlogging…
Egypt - “Twitter out of Jail”
![Page 18: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Egypt - “Twitter out of Jail”
China - “Live-Twittered Arrest”
MicroBlogging…
![Page 19: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Egypt - “Twitter out of Jail”
China - “Live-Twittered Arrest”
MicroBlogging…
Egypt - “Twitter to Safety”
![Page 20: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Issues to Consider…
![Page 21: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
1. Network Structure
centralized decentralized distributed
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networks
![Page 22: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
2. Security
![Page 23: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Surveillance
Content Filtering
Traceability
Network Integrity
2. Security
![Page 24: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
NonID Prepaid Cards
(Anonymity)
“Mobile” Mobile Activism
(On the Move)
Avoid Centralization
(Distribute Risk)
2. Security
![Page 25: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
3. Cost
![Page 26: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
NGO Budget
Premium Rate Number
Prepaid Cards
Top-up to Subscribe?
3. Cost
![Page 27: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
4. Dissemination
![Page 28: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Calling for Action
Using Relays
Distributed Public Sphere
Using Complementary Tools
4. Dissemination
![Page 29: Digi Active For Mobile Active 2008 Final](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062312/55516301b4c905a8768b5215/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Thank You
www.DigiActive.org
Twitter.com/DigiActive
iRevolution.wordpress.com my blog