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

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THANK YOU!