About This Manual

This manual 'Bypassing Internet Censorship' provides an introduction to the topic and explains some of the software and methods most often used for circumventing censorship. There is some information on avoiding surveillance and other means of detection while bypassing censorship, however this is a large topic by itself so we have only touched on it where it coincides directly with issues of circumvention.

A full discussion of techniques for maintaining anonymity and preventing detection of content or activities is beyond the scope of this book.

This manual was written in partnership with the Sesawe coallition.

What is Sesawe?

Sesawe is an international consortium working to support uncensored access to the Internet. It includes software developers as well as organizations and individuals who share a belief in the need for an open Internet. They include academic research centers, think tanks, nonprofit organizations working on media issues and advocacy groups, as well as dozens of individuals who share these goals. Sesawe is not an organization, it is a gathering place to share information and related resources. Partner organizations are independently managed and financed, and responsible for their own activities.

Visit the website at https://www.sesawe.net

Authors

This manual has content that was largely written at a Book Sprint. The Book Sprint was held in the beautiful hills of Upper New York State in the US. Eight people worked together over an intensive five-day period to produce the book. It is a living document of course and is available online for free, where you can also edit it and improve it.

In addition to the material written at the Book Sprint, material has been contributed from previous publications. These include contributions from:

Ronald Deibert
Ethan Zuckerman
Nart Villeneuve
Steven Murdoch
Ross Anderson
Freerk Ohling
Frontline Defenders

These writers kindly agreed to let us use their material within a GPL licensed environment.

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