conference report
Delve into the comprehensive examination of shutdown measurements in country-case studies, explore relevant wireless, decentralized networking, sneakernet and self-hosted networking solutions showcasing key learnings of the inaugural conference.
In this report:
- An overview of the splinternet and its implications for global connectivity.
- Insights into network measurement techniques and their importance in understanding and navigating the splinternet.
- Detailed case studies from countries like Iran, Russia, and Ukraine, offering a firsthand look at the impact of internet fragmentation.
- Innovative solutions and technologies designed to overcome the barriers of the splinternet, from wireless communication methods to circumvention technologies.
Montreal
program
- day 1
- day 2
- day 3
The practices and impacts of network isolation and shutdowns
Track 1: War on the wire: network measurements and geopolitical conflicts
Track 2: Capturing the splinternets — methodologies and tools for shutdown measurements
- Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and Measurement Lab (M-Lab)
- Internet Outage Detection Analysis (IODA)
- Cloudflare Radar
Track 3: They move, we follow? Measuring and understanding national splinternet policies and technologies
- Use case: A decade long investigation on Russia’s evolving censorship landscape
- Use case: The Russian Splinternet Model and its Current Trajectory
- Use case: Breaking Digital Blockade
- Looking Into National Security Legislative Production for Government control: An Internet Blackout in the US and the Isolation Policy in Russia
Solutions for communication with sovereign networks
Track 4: Breaking Through
- The Three Legged Stool: a pluriverse vision for the future of social media
- Circumvention and Internet Resilience
- New Tricks and Old Networks: Monitoring Activity in Centralised Telecom Networks
Track 5: Constellation Freedom?
- LEO Satellites for Internet Access
- Satellite Communication as a Vessel to Deliver News and Information to Censored Countries
- EQ Sat
Track 6: Tools, Protocols and Connectivity
- The Rise of Decentralized Naming: Incentives, Opportunities, and Consequences
- Understanding IP-blocking & and How to Tick the Filters
- Transport Internet network – Asia – Europe through Black Sea and Ukraine
Track 7: Tools, Protocols and Connectivity
- Use case: The Splinternet in Iran, Past, Present, and Future
- Simplex Instant Messenger
- Outline and Outline SDK
Track 8: Tools, Protocols and Connectivity
- Advancing the Science of Shutdown Circumvention
- Deploying Alternative Offline Tools In Colombia
- High-frequency Emergency and Rural Multimedia Exchange System
Track 9: Tools, Protocols and Connectivity
- Network Traffic Transformations
- I Sync, You Sync, Ouisync: Decentralized file-sharing and Sneakernets
- Fediverse to the Rescue
- Sunbeam
- Public Mesh Networking with Android Devices
From discussion to design and development
Workshops:
- Archiving with Webrecorder
- Project Ainita: Iran Cyber Threat Intel (CTI) Portal for researchers and tool-makers
- IODA: Internet Shutdown Rapid Response Protocol
- Archiving with Webrecorder
- Deflect Service Desk
- Bluetooth communication with Briar
- Gamefying shutdown awareness
Brainstorm sessions:
- SplinterNet Future Scenarios
- Don’t be Afraid of the Splinternet
- Senegal Use Case: Facing Internet shutdowns during crisis periods
- Make Worlds Collide: How to Foster Collaboration among Tech Experts and HR Activists
- Visualising Internet Routes
Advisory Council – Montreal
To keep the the meeting focused and productive, presentations submitted to the Call for Proposals were selected by the advisory council. Meet the team behind the inaugural SplinterCon.
