From 4976538f4b1719f4cc45b6d62520cac61a7c8e9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizaveta Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:43:32 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update index.md (#1418) --- content/post/2023-senegal-social-media-blocks/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/post/2023-senegal-social-media-blocks/index.md b/content/post/2023-senegal-social-media-blocks/index.md index d62271926..46fae1600 100644 --- a/content/post/2023-senegal-social-media-blocks/index.md +++ b/content/post/2023-senegal-social-media-blocks/index.md @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Loss of traffic at Free/Tigo and Sudatel Senegal was also observed in conjunctio To understand how people in Senegal experienced these disruptions, we shared a survey with the Senegalese Prepare & Prevent Network, coordinated by [Jonction](http://jonctionsenegal.free.fr/), [Computech](http://computechinstitute.com/), and Internews’ [OPTIMA](https://preparepreventresist.org/) project. This survey was designed to be deployed quickly to understand qualitatively the experience of those on the ground during the internet disruptions in Senegal in early June 2023. The respondents included lawyers, journalists, activists, IT professionals, researchers, and students in Senegal. As part of this study, we collected and analyzed 30 survey responses. -The following findings are drawn from a longer OPTIMA report, which will be published soon. +The following findings are drawn from a longer OPTIMA report, please find the full publication here: https://preparepreventresist.org/2023/08/07/senegal-shutdown-after-action-report/. As part of the survey, respondents were asked to describe their reaction when the shutdown happened. Many respondents described being very surprised the shutdown had occurred, and many wrote that they had tested multiple services before verifying with others that it was a shutdown. For most respondents, verifying the shutdown was a social experience. As one respondent wrote, “My mobile data connection was not working and I was unable to access the services and platform. I restarted my phone thinking it was just me, but finally got the echo that it was global.” One respondent said a friend called “to ask if I could log in. When I checked I saw that it didn’t work.” While another respondent “knew there was a cut when I called a friend after trying to connect all the time. I immediately informed my workplace and waited for it to come back to download a VPN.” Another respondent “got worried and asked my sisters who informed me of the situation” and another said they “called some friends”. A few respondents described how they spent time thinking the issues were everyday failures to connect. One respondent said “I was thinking more that it was an exhausted credit” and another described how “in the first moments of the cut, I thought it was a network problem so I waited.” Another wrote “First I thought my wifi had a problem. I unplugged the box but upon seeing that it was not working, I restarted my phone. I then realized there was a problem when I went to my computer and it didn't work.”