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The Blogging Revolution and voices of crisis
Juan Cole runs one of the finest and most popular US-based Middle East related blogs. It’s been a beacon of rationality during the Bush years. My following piece appears on his site today: During last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai, new technology reacted to the news faster than traditional media services. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and…
Leaving the MSM in the dust
Twitter comes of age – the Mumbai coverage was way ahead of traditional media.
Talking past power
How the internet is finally changing the face of Italian society (and we can thank Prime Minister Silvio Berluscon). (While the vast majority of Egyptian web users allegedly support the idea of government net censorship.)
What can blogging really do?
Following my talk yesterday at Harvard University’s Berkman Centre on The Blogging Revolution, a live-blog featured some of the more interesting elements of the discussion, such as this: Q: I was born in Poland and saw the Solidarity movement go from tiny to 1/3 of the population supporting it, in just a couple of months.…
Maybe it is really a revolution
A stunning visual representation of the power of the blogosphere in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Iran: A nation of bloggers from Mr.Aaron on Vimeo.
Going online in repressive regimes
My following talk was presented today to a full room at Harvard University’s Berkman Centre: Harvard University’s Berkman Centre for Internet and Society Luncheon Series, 25 November 2008 The Blogging Revolution: Going online in repressive regimes Antony Loewenstein Internet censorship is something that only happens in non-democratic states. Regimes that want to crush free speech…
Trying to hide the obvious
A warning to all search engines: your dealing with suspect companies will eventually become public: CCTV reported that Baidu, referred to as China’s Google, had accepted money from illegal medical companies and placed their Web links on top of search results. Baidu’s marketing employees were also reported to have the knowledge of these.The service is…
From China to a tin-pot dictator
Internet censorship grows in even the smallest nations on earth: In the African nation of Mauritania, the military dictatorship has used Cyber War techniques to shut down two opposition web sites that provide the most information on what is going on inside the country. The generals apparently hired several botnets (networks of illegally controlled PCs,…