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== | ==The Experiment== | ||
- | Every 5 years, Vietnam holds their national assembly election for seats in the authoritarian government. In 2016, the 500 national assembly seats, including appointing the Prime Minister, and deputies of People's Councils, were up for grabs once again. However, candidates are known to be pre-selected by [[Vietnamese Fatherland Front]], an umbrella organization of pro-government "mass movements" in Vietnam. [[Viet Tan]] decided to conduct an experiment to see who the people wanted to vote for by creating Lá Phiếu ("Ballot" in Vietnamese) app. | ||
==Timeline== | |||
- | {| class="Lá Phiếu Timeline" | ||
|+ How the Lá Phiếu app unfolded | |||
|- | |||
! Date | |||
! Event | |||
|- | |||
| January-February | |||
| Many activists announce they will run as independent candidates | |||
|- | |||
| February | |||
| Viet Tan and other civic groups initiate Lá Phiếu project | |||
* Design mock-up (invisionapp.com) | |||
* Outsource the development (freelancer.com) | |||
* Build backend server (OVH ISP) | |||
* Create database and collect information | |||
|- | |||
| Late April | |||
| Android app coding finished | |||
|- | |||
| Early May | |||
| Finalize Android app, iron out issues. Integrate circumvention (domain fronting) by Guardian | |||
|- | |||
| Mid-May | |||
| Lá Phiếu app launched on Google Play | |||
|- | |||
| May 21 | |||
| DDoS attack against Lá Phiếu app | |||
|- | |||
| May 22 | |||
| National Assembly election in Vietnam | |||
|} | |||
==Lá Phiếu App== | |||
Lá Phiếu app was launched for Android and was unable to be complete for iOS due to lack of resources. Additionally, it was found that 65% Vietnamese mobile users were on Android. The app is shown to have over 5,000 downloads and a 4.3 rating. It shows a list of all the potential candidates per district including independent and community party candidates. Content is displayed for each candidate indicating their political party, district, age, education, occupation, whether or not they were accepted as a candidate, and other information like articles and news. After viewing the list of candidates, users are prompted to choose up to 3 candidates to vote for. They are also given the option to omit a vote before submitting their ballot. | |||
The app was promoted through Viet Tan media outlets to encourage political expression in Vietnam by providing an actionable movement. | |||
==Regime Backlash== | |||
Hackers initiated a DDoS attack at the ISP level. With the server holding up to the DDoS attack, bothers were launched to spam the voting process. Within hours, the number of fake votes on the app for party candidates exceeded 700,000. Circumvention had been integrated into the app, which mitigated the threat of government blockage. | |||
ANTV, the website of Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, published an article claiming Viet Tan was trying to sabotage the government with Lá Phiếu app. This recognition from the Ministry provided free PR for the app while also proving the app created an overacting impact from the regime. | |||
==Conclusion== | |||
After the national assembly election, official results showed that many candidates of the Community party received the majority vote. The results for those who voted using Lá Phiếu app showed that mostly independent candidates were voted for, particularly in Hà Nội and Sài Gòn. | |||
The project was relatively successful with 3,025 votes for 173 out of 184 electoral districts. Some lessons learned were that developing a good app requires money and time, working with app developers requires patience and clear communication, and deploying the app requires extra planning against state-sponsored attacks. The public/movement tends to have limited attention span, therefore, capturing public attention is key. | |||
==Next Steps== | ==Next Steps== | ||
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