{"id":12352,"date":"2019-02-07T16:22:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T21:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=12352"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:36","slug":"online-censorship-detector-aims-to-make-the-internet-a-freer-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/07\/online-censorship-detector-aims-to-make-the-internet-a-freer-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Online censorship detector aims to make the internet a freer place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"computer screen with list of Top Disrupted Domains\" class=\"wp-image-12356\"\/><figcaption>(Joseph Xu\/Michigan Engineering)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an advance that could one day provide a comprehensive, publicly available window into worldwide internet censorship, a team of researchers at U-M has turned public internet servers across the globe into automated sentries that can monitor and report when access to websites is being blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eecs.umich.edu\/eecs\/about\/articles\/2019\/censored-planet.html\">Censored Planet<\/a>, a first-of-its-kind system, has begun collecting data on three different types of internet censorship tactics commonly used by governments and others. <strong>Roya Ensafi<\/strong>, a research assistant professor of computer science and engineering and project leader, says it\u2019s a major step forward for online transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrently, censorship researchers must rely on anecdotal information collected from a handful of human volunteers working inside countries where censorship is happening,\u201d she said. \u201cCensored Planet, on the other hand, could have hundreds of electronic vantage points in a given country. It\u2019s more ethical, safer, and because it reports consistently, it could provide the first comprehensive picture of how censorship evolves over time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an advance that could one day provide a comprehensive, publicly available window into worldwide internet censorship, a team of researchers at U-M has turned public internet servers across the globe into automated sentries that can monitor and report when access to websites is being blocked. Censored Planet, a first-of-its-kind system, has begun collecting data on three different\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/07\/online-censorship-detector-aims-to-make-the-internet-a-freer-place\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-e1550874425694.jpg",631,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-768x511.jpg",665,442,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-700x466.jpg",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-e1550874425694.jpg",631,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-e1550874425694.jpg",631,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-665x442.jpg",665,442,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/censored-planet1-e1550874425694.jpg",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In an advance that could one day provide a comprehensive, publicly available window into worldwide internet censorship, a team of researchers at U-M has turned public internet servers across the globe into automated sentries that can monitor and report when access to websites is being blocked. 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