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Posted on 29/04/2013 From The Citizen Lab
The Citizen Lab is pleased to welcome this year’s Google Policy Fellow, Jason Q. Ng.
Ng is a graduate student in East Asian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Blocked on Weibo, a book about censorship and sensitive topics in Chinese social media. Other recent topics of research include online reaction to the 2012 Party Congress in China and anti-Japanese discourse on Sina Weibo. He previously worked as a research consultant at China Digital Times and a book editor,...
Posted on 29/04/2013 From Electronic Frontier Foundation
The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on May 15-24 in Lima, Peru. The TPP is one of the worst global threats to the Internet since ACTA. Since the negotiations have been secretive from the beginning, we mainly know what's in the current version of this trade agreement because of a leaked draft [PDF] from February 2011. Based upon that text, some other leaked notes, and the...
Posted on 29/04/2013 From Electronic Frontier Foundation
Just a little more than two years ago, the world witnessed the overthrow of three North African dictators and ensuing protests across much of the Arab world on television and social media, the latter of which was much lauded as a catalyzing tool. But while 2011 was a time of hopefulness and increased openness throughout much of the region, 2012 brought about increased repression, both online and off. From Bahrain, named an “enemy of the Internet” by Reporters Without Borders, to Egypt, the...
Posted on 29/04/2013 From Global Voices Advocacy
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, in Egypt, has issued a “legal guide to digital security” as part of its digital freedoms program. The guide was produced for campaigners and human rights activists and lawyers interested in digital freedom of expression and the confidentiality of communications and information stored on mobile phones, computers or any other device used to store or distribute data or information. They argue that security problems can present a...
Posted on 29/04/2013 From APC
29 April 2013
(AG for APCNews)
CIVICUS just launched its State of Civil Society report for 2013, “Creating an enabling environment for civil society.” APC contributed a section of the report on the state of the internet from a civil society perspective.
Posted on 29/04/2013 From Michael Geist
The Copyright Board of Canada has released a decision
in which it admits to palpable error that resulted in a hugely inflated
tariff. The case involved a tariff for SODRAC for reproduction of music
works in cinematographic works for private use of for theatrical
exhibition. The Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters
had proposed a tiered tariff approach of a maximum of 2 cents per copy
containing 30 minutes of music or more (less music would result in a
lower tariff...
Posted on 29/04/2013 From Internet Governance Project
In a “policy implementation and experience report” presented at ARIN 31 in Barbados, ARIN’s staff noted that they are seeing “circumstances” related to the leasing of IPv4 number blocks. At INET last week in Denver, ARIN’s Director John Curran alleged that there is a “correlation” between address leasing activity and organizations that have been unable to [...]
Posted on 28/04/2013 From Electronic Frontier Foundation
Artículo escrito por Miguel Morachimo, ONG Hiperderecho y Katitza Rodríguez, EFF
La Electronic Frontier Foundation, la ONG Hiperderecho, Escuelab y la Asociación Peruana de Software Libre organizan por primera vez en Lima, Perú el Campamento por la Libertad este 4 y 5 de mayo de 2013. Esta maratón de charlas y talleres busca reunir en un solo espacio a activistas, diseñadores, linuxeros, artistas audiovisuales, abogados y comunicadores para ponerlos a trabajar por una sociedad más informada...