[FM Discuss] Press Release: Tunisian Activists Teach How To Bypass Internet Censorship

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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

*In New Book, Tunisian Activists Teach How To Bypass Internet Censorship*

As the Arab spring turns to Arab autumn, with battles continuing to rage 
on throughout the Middle East, one intrepid group of Tunisian activists 
has recently released a handbook to help their peers fight the power – 
by breaking through government firewalls and getting on-line. The book 
entitled *Contourner la censure (et préserver son anonymat) *or *How To 
Bypass Internet Censorship (and Preserve Your Anonymity)* was originally 
created in English during a five-day relay book writing event, known as 
a “Book Sprint”, which took place in Berlin in late February of this 
year; it was subsequently *released via the FLOSS Manuals platform 
(FLOSS being an acronym for Free Libre and Open Source Software)*. FLOSS 
Manuals is a project founded and lead by New Zealand-born, Berlin-based 
social entrepreneur, Adam Hyde who says, “FLOSS Manuals is a community 
of about 3,000 registered contributors, working collaboratively across 
many languages and many countries to produce free documentation about 
free software. We often work together on projects related to human 
rights and advocacy and we are happy to do so since the areas of human 
freedom and software freedom are often closely interlinked .”

While the majority of books available on the FLOSS Manuals site are more 
“high-tech how-to” (with titles related to popular web tools such as 
WordPress and Firefox) than “fight the power”, *How to Bypass Internet 
Censorship*, was put together by a knowledgeable and concerned group of 
hackers and activists  to “not only help you find your way in the 
diversity of tools and techniques that allow you to defeat Internet 
censorship and...also tell you more about how censorship works behind 
the curtain”.

The recent Tunisian translation was organized by the Tunisian 
Association for Digital Freedom and represents a collaboration between 
FLOSS Manuals, The Digital Freedom Coalition, The International 
Federation for Human Rights, and Tunisian news and activism portal 
Fhimt.com.

Since February 2011, *How To Bypass Internet Censorship (and Preserve 
Your Anonymity)* has been translated into Arabic, Farsi, French, 
Spanish, and Vietnamese, and organizers say that Chinese and Burmese 
versions are forthcoming

*For more information, see: *
http://contournerlacensure.net/
http://www.howtobypassinternetcensorship.org/
http://flossmanuals.net

*Contact:
Camille E. Acey
FlossManuals.net
+1 (347) 267 2016
press at flossmanuals.net*
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