Researchers in the United States have created a tool to monitor the accessibility of web pages around the world. The tool, called Encore, was developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and can be installed by adding a single line of code to a web page.
The tool runs when a user visits a website that has installed code and then carefully collects data from a potential review site. Researchers hope that the data they collect will allow them to decide what to block, how to do it, and find ways to bypass restricted access. Leading this project, Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. student Sam Burnett said, "Internet censorship is a growing problem affecting users in more and more countries, collecting data on what sites and services are deleted accurately will help education. The user understands its effectiveness, shaping the Internet regulation around it and controlling future Internet policy discussions."
By Burnett and his advisor, Nick Fimsst, a measurement tool developed by a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, he collects information about users' Web visits and reviews of various websites in other countries. These measurement results are automatically loaded in the background pages and do not affect the performance and user experience of the website.
