It seems to me that decline in terrorism related pageviews started long before Snowden revelations (2011-2012?). See enclosed graph from wikipediatrends.com. [image: Inline image 1]
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Andrew Otto acotto@gmail.com wrote:
Saw this on reddit:
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/28/new-study-shows-mass- surveillance-breeds-meekness-fear-and-self-censorship/
"This case study uses data on English language Wikipedia article view counts from the online service stats.grok.se, a portal maintained by a Wikimedia Foundation member. This portal provides access to a range of Wikipedia analytics, stats, and data.86 In particular, the portal aggregates Wikipedia article view data on a daily and monthly basis.87 This data at stats.grok.se has been used in a range of research, including studies involving market trends, health information access, and social-political change.88”
Just thought it might be of interest, especially considering WMF’s NSA lawsuit https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/.
-Ao
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