{"id":29829,"date":"2022-12-20T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29829"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T17:21:06","slug":"ono-computer-expert-discusses-closing-the-internet-during-protests-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-computer-expert-discusses-closing-the-internet-during-protests-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Ono Computer Expert Discusses Closing the Internet During Protests in the Middle East<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ono Computer Expert Discusses Closing the Internet During Protests in the Middle East<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Ran-Bar-Zik.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29830 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Ran-Bar-Zik.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Ran-Bar-Zik-218x218.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ono computer science lecturer Ran Bar-Zik was recently interviewed on Radio Tel Aviv\u2019s \u201cFree Market\u201d program where he&nbsp;discussed the potential of police interruption of social media at times of unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bar-Zik&nbsp;was asked to respond to a statement by Israel\u2019s Chief of Police, Kobi Shabtai, who said that at times of national upheaval, who would be interested in temporarily shutting down social media as a means to quell violence.&nbsp; Recently, the Government of Jordan, Israel\u2019s neighbor, closed down the Tik Tok site following demonstrations against the rising cost of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Many Middle Eastern countries,&nbsp;Bar-Zik&nbsp;noted, close down the internet during protests, in part because it is used for organizing demonstrations. He described a number of ways that a government could close a website, including blocking access to a specific website.&nbsp; There are ways, however, to get around these blockages, such as through the use of a virtual private network (VPN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The complete interview can be heard here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2022\/12\/19\/11859240.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2022\/12\/19\/11859240.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Computer Expert Discusses Closing the Internet During Protests in the Middle East Ono computer science lecturer Ran Bar-Zik was recently interviewed on Radio Tel Aviv\u2019s \u201cFree Market\u201d program where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29830,"menu_order":383,"template":"","class_list":["post-29829","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}