In September 2007, Citizen Lab, a project of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, published an electronic guide to help journalists and all international citizens get past Internet restrictions in their countries. 

The guide is called "Everyone's guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship for Citizen's Worldwide."

The guide is meant to "introduce non-technical users to Internet
censorship circumvention technologies, and help them choose
which of them best suits their circumstances and needs."  The guide contains synopses of how different countries use various technologies to censor information and offers practical, easy-to-understand tips for circumventing censorship.  Importantly, the risks associated with these circumvention techniques are also included.

We believe this is an important tool because in an age where so much information about the world around us is available, it's important that the world's citizens have open access to this information.  The statement of shared purpose that defines CCJ's work reads "the central purpose of journalism is to provide citizens with accurate and reliable information they need to function in a free society."  This tool helps citizens remove one potential barrier to receiving that accurate and reliable information.

Click here to view the guide (in PDF format).