internet transparency

Google has awarded $1 million to a project led by Nick Feamster and Wenke Lee (Computer Science) so that they can develop simple tools to detect Internet throttling, government censorship and other "transparency" problems. Source: Ars Technica

You can benchmark the cycles of your CPU, power of your GPU, speed of your Internet connection and a myriad of other seemingly important things. However, there's one missing benchmark that could make all those seem rather frivolous: the openness of your connection. Source: Engadget

Google has awarded Georgia Tech $1 million to study and develop tools to help people detect if their Internet access is being slowed down—or blocked—by a service provider or even the government. Source: Creative Loafing

With some 60 countries worldwide censoring online content, Georgia Tech will use a $1 million grant from Google to develop tools that will promote Internet transparency. Nick Feamster and Wenke Lee (Computer Science) are principal investigators. Source: AJC.com

In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million to Georgia Tech researchers working on tools that will immediately reveal when governments are trying to shut down or censor use of the Internet. Source: Network World

Nick Feamster (Computer Science) and Wenke Lee (Computer Science) talk about their latest research on developing tools that can be used to show if the internet is blocked and who is blocking it in an effort to have more transparency across the globe. Source: ajc