[liberationtech] Any TSF people subscribed?

2013-01-17 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, Is anyone from TSF, Télécoms sans frontières, subscribed to the list? thanks, Bernard - -- Bernard / bluboxthief / ei8fdb IO91XM / www.ei8fdb.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2

[liberationtech] Somewhat off topic [and a bit silly]: Petition Obama Administration to close a github issue

2013-01-17 Thread Uncle Zzzen
As promised, it's a bit silly, but it *does* deal with data freedom, so perhaps some of you folks can find it in your hearts to help reach the 100K signatures required for an official response to a petition created by a non-AmCit. Even better: maybe some of you know the Obama admins personally :)

[liberationtech] CfP: Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising Challenges Panel - 7th ECPR General Conference, 4th-7th September 2013 Bordeaux

2013-01-17 Thread Calderaro, Andrea
Sorry for cross-posting 7th ECPR General Conference 4th - 7th September 2013 Sciences Po, Bordeaux Deadline 1st February 2013 Call for Papers for the Panel: Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising Challenges Chair: Andrea Calderaro (European University

Re: [liberationtech] Skype letter strategy

2013-01-17 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Andre Rebentisch tabe...@gmail.com wrote: Definitely not. It is an organisation that does not care at all about its public image in the field of public policy. Quite exceptional, I may add. Could you please be more specific? For instance, from what I remember,

Re: [liberationtech] Skype letter strategy

2013-01-17 Thread Ali-Reza Anghaie
There is no harm in taking Kate's advice to heart - they also do care, you may perceive a complete lack of care through their legal wrangling and maneuverings and I wouldn't suggest anyone there is a warm heart about these issues - but just like Security issues and Linux before, they care because

Re: [liberationtech] Iran can develop the software to control social networks?

2013-01-17 Thread Amin Sabeti
Based on my experience, it's nearly impossible same as the National/Hala internet. On 17 January 2013 17:43, The Doctor dr...@virtadpt.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2013 11:27 AM, Amin Sabeti wrote: *Is Iran capable of developing the software it would

Re: [liberationtech] might be of interest... zombie tweets in Azerbaijan

2013-01-17 Thread David Johnson
That reminds me of work that journalist Ken Silverstein did on Azerbaijan's aggressive lobbying efforts (I helped with some of it) ... http://harpers.org/blog/2008/07/worldwide-strategic-shakedown-partners/ http://harpers.org/blog/2008/07/lobbyist-arranged-op-eds/ On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:36

[liberationtech] The Truth About Disruptive Development

2013-01-17 Thread Sam de Silva
Hi, Would love to hear feedback from the LT community on the following article by Ken Banks. Reposted from Stanford Social Innovation Review. The Truth About Disruptive Development The West shouldn’t create solutions to problems we don’t understand using fashionable mobile technologies.

Re: [liberationtech] The Truth About Disruptive Development

2013-01-17 Thread André Rebentisch
Am 17.01.2013 23:26, schrieb Sam de Silva: needs to be done. Call it disruptive development, if you like. As I told the /UK Guardian/ in a December 2012 interview http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development-professionals-network/2012/dec/05/information-technology-connecting-developing-world,

[liberationtech] One Year Anniversary of SOPA/PIPA #InternetFreedomDay

2013-01-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jessica Lawrence jess...@nytm.org Dear NY Tech Meetup Community – Tomorrow, January 18, marks the one-year anniversary of the day when our community came together to help stop the now infamous SOPA/PIPA legislation that threatened Internet freedom and the growth of New York's tech enabled

[liberationtech] Stanford staff position on cybersecuritty

2013-01-17 Thread Terry Winograd
I write to ask for your help in identifying candidates for a new research staff member position at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. The new hire will help lead CISAC’s growing program in cybersecurity and the future of the Internet, conducting

[liberationtech] Fwd: [lau...@vortex.com: [ NNSquad ] Facebook changes reportedly expose at least 10 million accounts to public search that had previously been excluded]

2013-01-17 Thread Rich Kulawiec
[ Perhaps some precautions might be appropriate for those using FB in less than hospitable circumstances. ---rsk ] - Forwarded message from Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com - Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:05:22 -0800 From: Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com To: nnsq...@nnsquad.org

Re: [liberationtech] might be of interest... zombie tweets in Azerbaijan

2013-01-17 Thread Volodymyr Lysenko
To ignite/coordinate these attacks they could also use a website similar to ka-2.ru which was recently developed by a Russian pro-Kremlin youth organization MGER to attack/spoil oppositional tweets and to promote the pro-Putin ones. More context here (in Russian):