Use Case - Reporting on Political Freedom / Elections

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Use Case: Researcher - Reporting on Political Freedom / Elections

Revision History

Primary Actor:

Researcher or Journalist writing reports on political freedom of expression and free and fair elections

Stakeholders and Interests

The interests of non-users related to these user story

• Access to the internet, including tools to circumvent website blocks, connection blackouts, and widespread censorship
• Awareness of access, privacy, or security threats and protective measures, including how-to guides, instructional apps, data collection platforms, and other efforts that increase the efficacy of internet freedom tools;

Preconditions

Conditions that need to happen before user starts this task/story

• OONI test urls coverage covering political and election sites for a country
• OONI data for political and election sites for a country
• Can access dashboard services

Success Guarantee (Post condition)

What happens if user story is successfully completed

• Able to provide report or story on status of online political freedom and access to electoral information (voter education)

Main success scenario (Basic Flow)

1. Access main website and access country or region dashboards
2. Access tab / filtered results political freedom and access to electoral information censorship status
3. Able to filter results by date
4. Able to view and share status period and time specific (eg. election day or campaign period)

Extensions (ALternate Flows)

2. Alternate step for Step 2.

Special Requirements

Any other special requirements such as equipment, accessibility etc.

Technology and Data Variations List:

Tech devices, environment etc. data collected etc.

Frequency of Occurrence:

How often does this story occur?

Annually or ever few years.

Open Issues

Any open/unresolved issues

• What is the criteria for electoral sites?
• If political parties, may need to be able to sub-categories by factions/coalitions/incumbent