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SUMMARY:Effect of Internet censorship on user behavior - Sheharbano Khatta
 k\, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
DTSTART:20131018T150000Z
DTEND:20131018T153000Z
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CONTACT:Steven J. Murdoch
DESCRIPTION:Most of existing work in the Internet censorship landscape foc
 uses\non the censorship system (detection of censorship\, identification \
 nof the censored content\, the mechanism used to execute censorship) \nand
  circumvention (design/analysis/evaluation/usability of \ncircumvention/ce
 nsorship-proof protocols and systems). We seek to\nunderstand Internet cen
 sorship from the victim's perspective\; how\nis user behavior modified in 
 response to blocking constraints. In\nthis context\, we introduce the conc
 ept of persistance which is a\nnew dimension in this area. Persistance is 
 a quantity that measures\nhow motivated users are to access blocked conten
 t. We present some\npreliminary results empirically collected from longitu
 dinal data.\nThe data represents network traffic dumps collected at an ISP
  in \nPakistan during October\, 2011 to date--a period during which the \n
 country's censorship system evolved from naive to decent.\n
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room FW11
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