Publisher's Synopsis
Because of concerns about the effect of internet blocking mechanisms, and the implications of censorship, many individuals and groups are working hard to ensure that the Internet, and the information on it, are freely available to everyone who wants it. This book documents simple circumvention techniques such as a cached file or web proxy, and also describes more complex methods using Tor, which stands for The Onion Router, involving a sophisticated network of proxy servers.
The first edition of this book was created in 2008 by a group of Net Geeks who were concerned about the encroachments on Internet freedom they saw in certain areas of the world. Little did we dream then that we would see the day in just a few years that the United States would become the epicenter of encroachment on FREE SPEECH and FREE EXPRESSION. But as we enter 2021 the doors are closing fast in ways we never imagined.
The Internet was created to be open and as a marketplace of ideas, but sadly the largest providers and governments are now squelching those freedoms. We developed this book with an eye to helping people in Iran, Pakistan, China, North Korea and such and the book has been translated into Arabic, Vietnamese, Spanish, Russian, Burmese (Myanmar), Persian (Farsi) and Chinese. It's NOW time to update the book and publish it in as many languages as possible before the dissemination of this information becomes much more difficult.
I was involved early on in the publication of "How to Bypass Internet Censorship" and published the first edition on Amazon in 2009. Now we have totally rewritten this manual, updating the WWW links, adding new procedures, clarifying others, and adding new topics:
- - Freedomfone
- - Airtime for Broadcasters
- - Open Translation Tools
- - Guide to Independent Video Hosting
- - Tech Tools for Activism
- - Basic Internet Security
