Re: [Pearg] Research Group Last Call for "A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques"

[Christopher Wood <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, May 28, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote:
>  
> We're not going to describe all the non-technical methods of 
> suppressing flows of data and information. Even a comma-separated list 
> would not be terribly useful. I can find some sort of review article 
> but it's bound to be incomplete or have some other default. We felt the 
> need to point out that there is other nuance and pressure points but as 
> the document says it's primarily focused on technical network 
> censorship.
> 
> If you brought text, we would is course consider it.

To try and sharpen this point a bit: this document will certainly have gaps, and it's not a goal to fill all those gaps. This field moves quickly enough that trying to doing so would likely be futile. The chair decision to begin RGLC was based on the document's content and history, which was deemed sufficiently thorough with respect to relevant issues that protocol designers might consider going forward. That said, concrete suggestions to fill in those gaps are welcome! The authors and RG should certainly review them if provided, though we won't block progress waiting for additional content that doesn't substantially change the document's purpose.

Best,
Chris (chair hat on)