Tunisia and the Internet: A chance to get things right?
On Sunday, Tunisia will hold elections for the constituent assembly that will be tasked with re-writing the country's constitution. While much of the news coverage focuses on the question of how well...
View ArticleKudos and Concerns for Google
Earlier this week, Google published an update of its Transparency Report, which among other things discloses the number of government requests received for user information as well as requests to...
View ArticleSurveillance technologies and "apolitical" corporations
There has been a steady stream of headlines recently about the use of Western surveillance technology by repressive regimes. After the hacktivist group Telecomix exposed the use by Syria of filtering...
View ArticleSurveillance and Censorship in India
Chapter 9 of my forthcoming book opens with quotes from an infamous April 2011 BBC interview with RIM's co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, in which he ends the interview abruptly after the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones...
View ArticleThe Great Firewall of America
Last month the U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk sent a letter to the Chinese government requesting information about its censorship practices. The middle kingdom’s response: a polite middle finger....
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An open thank you letter to Global Voices, on International Volunteer Day
Today is International Volunteer Day, a celebration of the millions of people around the world who give their time, energy and wisdom to projects and causes they care about. Volunteers feed the hungry,...
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Netizen Report: Fight for the Future Edition
Meet Khaled Alaa Abdel Fattah, born last Tuesday to two Egyptian cyber-activists: mother Manal Bahey al-Din Hassan and father Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who is currently in prison. Khaled is named after...
View ArticleNow blogging on my book blog at Consentofthenetworked.com
Please note that I have shifted my regular blogging activity over to my book's website at consentofthenetworked.com. Click here to subscribe to that blog's RSS feed, or subscribe to email updates by...
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