Survey of robust and resilient social media tools on Android

TL;DR

This survey reviews mature Android-based social media tools designed for resilient communication during disasters, censorship, and attacks on free expression, highlighting their features and development status.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of existing resilient social media tools on Android, focusing on those with active communities and deployment.

Findings

Many tools enhance privacy and anonymity during crises

Most mature tools have active development communities

Limited deployment of resilient social media tools in real-world scenarios

Abstract

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.