Survey of robust and resilient social media tools on Android
This addresses the problem of maintaining freedom of expression and communication resilience for users in crisis scenarios, but it is incremental as it reviews existing tools rather than proposing new methods.
The paper surveys mature, robust social media tools on Android designed to maintain communication during natural disasters, censorship, and Internet disruptions, focusing on tools with active development and real-world deployment.
We present an overview of robust and resilient social media tools to overcome natural disasters, censorship and Internet kill switches. These social media tools use Android devices to communicate during disasters and aim to overcome attacks on freedom of expression. There is an abundance of projects that aim to provide resilient communication, enhance privacy, and provide anonymity. We focus specifically on the limited set of mature tools with a healthy development community and Internet-deployment.