digital rights data experiment no. 1
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DIGITAL RIGHTSX ARAB WORLD
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SMEX // DESIGN BRIEF
To galvanise advocacy for free expression online in the Arab world
REASON
Netizens of the Arab world (especially online activists, bloggers, and journalists)
AUDIENCE
Explanatory and exploratoryFUNCTION
Matter of fact. Adversarial but not antagonistic TONE
Online & social mediaTo have Arabic version as well (i.e. easy to localise)
LOCATION / CONTEXT
MESSAGE
THE TIME IS NOWto stand up for freedom of expression in the Arab world
SOURCES & DATA
HYPOTHESES / THINGS WE HOPE TO FIND OUT
Is 2011 (Arab spring) a dividing line for online expression?
Is there a domino effect between countries? If one country passes a law, does it encourage other countries to follow
lead? Velocity?
Is there a difference between origination and amplification?
Is there a relationship between different applications of laws and the regional subdivision?
SKETCHES & CODING
VISUALISATION
WHAT’S NEXT?
METHODOLOGY
There is urgent need to code cases of online speech-related legal harassment, with the grounds and articles under which people are being prosecuted, so that they can be correlated
with the laws and countries.
What’s the criteria for including laws in the dataset?
How can we best show the contradictions?
SAFETY CONCERNS
Warning: Share this Data At Your Own Risk
THANK YOU!