Ensuring transparency, confidentiality, and deterrence of political influence in journalism using IPFS, private, public, and semi-public blockchains
In: International Journal of Information Technology, Jg. 16 (2024-02-01), Heft 2, S. 1095-1109
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Zugriff:
One of a journalist’s most essential rights is the right to free speech. But this can expose them to abuse and other violence. In some cases, journalists may have trouble protecting sensitive or contentious data as they may be threatened to remove it. Also, due to political influences, a news reporting organization might be asked and even threatened to take their published news down. In this paper, we suggest a journalism strategy based on Blockchain and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to preserve journalists’ privacy, secure the news, and protect data resources. The immutability of the transactions in blockchain prevents the removal of important news and consensus makes sure that the news going to be published is verified and authenticated. Hyperledger Fabric is used for creating private ledgers, where only the members of privileged media organizations have access to the ledger. To store media data securely, the IPFS, a peer-to-peer (P2P) based decentralized storage where a small change in data drastically changes the hash, is considered the suitable platform for our system. Our proposed system can ensure that a news organization can maintain the security of its journalists and the organization itself by sending the confidential contents to an Ethereum-based semi-public blockchain and a group of intermediate trustees; using only the public key without revealing the identity.
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Ensuring transparency, confidentiality, and deterrence of political influence in journalism using IPFS, private, public, and semi-public blockchains
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Niloy, Shahoriar Azad ; Ghosh, Indra ; Reno, Saha ; Rahman, Asnuka ; Rahaman, Sanobar ; Hossan, Md. Shajjed |
Zeitschrift: | International Journal of Information Technology, Jg. 16 (2024-02-01), Heft 2, S. 1095-1109 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | serialPeriodical |
ISSN: | 2511-2104 (print) ; 2511-2112 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s41870-023-01619-7 |
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