[liberationtech] PDM Special Book Event, Sept. 24: Steven Johnson on the Rise of the 'Peer Progressive' | TechPresident
http://techpresident.com/news/22839/pdm-sept-24-nyc-special-book-event-steven-johnson-rise-peer-progressive PDM Special Book Event, Sept. 24: Steven Johnson on the Rise of the 'Peer Progressive' BY MICAH L. SIFRY | Tuesday, September 11 2012 Is there a new political philosophy emerging from things like open source software development; massive community sharing hubs like Wikipedia, Kickstarter, and Reddit; peer-to-peer social networking; experiments in Liquid Democracy, and the rapid spread of resource sharing tools like ZipCar, AirBnb and Car2go? Is it time to start talking about replacing the welfare state with the partner state? On Monday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. at the New York Law School, I'm looking forward to exploring all those questions and more with noted author Steven Johnson, whose new book Future, Perfect is must-reading for people who believe in the power of open, collaborative peer-to-peer networking to achieve real social progress. Johnson argues for a new breed of political beast: the peer progressive. You may be one if you're wary of centralized control, whether that's in the hands of Big Government or Big Corporations or Big Labor, but you're not a free-market libertarian either because you believe that markets frequently fail to provide essential social goods. Peer progressives, Johnson argues, think the way the Internet itself works--nobody owns it, everyone can connect to it, anyone can improve on it--might offer a model for solving other problems. And they're struck by how voluntary associations that are organized non-hierarchically for non-financial goals like love, or social solidarity, or a shared passion (like Wikipedia) can scale to the size of millions of participants. To reserve your ticket for this special event, presented in partnership with the Institute for Information Law Policy at New York Law School, please register on our Eventbrite page. -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] cyberpatrol unit anthropology research
Hi, our radical new media studies research team here at CUT is hoping to achieve the impossible: conduct participant observation research on the cyberpatrol unit at greece's police headquarters in athens. I am originally gree? and have been researching the policy implications of the units increasing policing in the absence of serious internet policy in greece, for some time now. So my question is : has anybody anywhere in the world ever really gotten access to do an anthropology of work of cyberpatrol officers in the police or new big media?. or should we assume that basically its one more black box area for radical research? Any links are welcome. if you wanna have fun just visit the page. http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_contentperform=viewid=8194Itemid=378lang= korinna html body img src=http://new.cut.ac.cy/images/environmentalSign.gif/ /body /html-- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] An interesting report about the Iranian conservative bloggers
Hi, Small Media has published a monthly report about the Iranian conservative bloggers. The last report is about London Olympic 2012 and the next presidential election in Iran: http://storify.com/smallmedia/iranian-conservative-bloggers-july-august-1 I strongly suggest to read this report that it gives you a new view about this part of the Persian blogosphere that there isn't enough information. Previous reports: http://storify.com/smallmedia/iranian-conservative-bloggers-july-august http://storify.com/smallmedia/conservative-bloggers-may-june http://storify.com/smallmedia/iranian-conservative-bloggers-april-may-2012 http://storify.com/smallmedia/iranian-conservative-bloggers-april-2012 A -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Fwd: Digital Freedom and Its Limits: $10, 000 scholarship -- Please distribute
FYI --Rebecca MacKinnonSchwartz Senior Fellow, New AmericaFoundationCofounder: GlobalVoicesOnline.orgAuthor: ConsentoftheNetworked.comOffice: +1-202-596-3343Twitter: @rmack Begin forwarded message:Resent-From: mackin...@newamerica.netFrom: Kelly Bjorklund kbjorkl...@idebate.beDate: September 12, 2012 9:58:54 AM EDTTo: mackin...@newamerica.netSubject: Digital Freedom and Its Limits: $10,000 scholarship -- Please distributeDear Rebecca, We've just launched the Second AnnualGlobal Debate Public Policy Challengeand the topic is one I think you will find especially interesting.This year’s theme"Digital Freedom and Its Limits"explores what policies governments or other groups should adopt to enhance the potential of digital technology to benefit individuals and societies. It also encourages debates about the limits on internet freedom and covers issues related to social networks, privacy, child safety, freedom, censorship, democracy, transparency, national security and much more. We've included your webpage Consent of the Networked and related writings in the related readings for this topic as well as references to your work in our thematic background paper. Could you please help promote the Challengebydistributing this message to your contacts at New America and Global Network Initiative, as well as to students and professors who may be interested? It's a great opportunity for undergraduate students and recent graduates towin a trip to Budapest, one of many $10,000 scholarships and contribute to public policy debate on important issues.I have included all pertinent information as well as detailed registration details below. It'd also be great if you could post on facebook or online. We'd also be grateful if you could tweet this linkhttp://gdppc.idebate.org/and post it on facebook. The Challenge is a joint project of the International Debate Education Association, the European Council on Foreign Relations and Central European University with funding provided by the Open Society Foundations. Thank you for your help promoting the Challenge and for all of your important work! Kind regards,Kelly JOIN THE GLOBAL DEBATE AND PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGE AND WIN A $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP Are you a full-time university student or recent graduate? Join theGlobal Debate Public Policy Challengetoday and and become eligible towin a free trip to Budapest and a $10,000 scholarship. Write, present, and defend your policy recommendation and contribute to the conversation about issues affecting the global community.We've just kicked off the Second AnnualGlobal Debate Public Policy Challenge, which is a uniqueannual competition designed to engage undergraduates and recent grads in ongoing public debate and reflection on issues affecting the global community.The Challenge offers students from across continents and educational disciplines an opportunity to explore issues from different points of view. The competition will culminate in a final competition in Budapest in June 2013. This year’s theme"Digital Freedom and Its Limits"explores what policies governments or other groups should adopt to enhance the potential of digital technology to benefit individuals and societies. It also encourages debates about the limits on internet freedom and covers issues related to social networks, privacy, child safety, freedom, censorship, democracy, transparency, national security and much more. Thefirst annual Challengewas a huge success (see video below!) and wehope to attract a wide range of students into the realm of policy advocacy this year as well! Finalists from all over the globe gathered in the Hungarian capital to attend workshops to improve their policy advocacy and public speaking skills as well as compete in progressive rounds of competition for prizes up to $10,000. This year's 23 finalists represented 11 countries including China, Croatia, Estonia, Ethiopia, India, Macedonia, Mauritius, Moldova, Morocco, United Kingdom and United States, and we would like expand our geographic reach! Don’t worry if you’re not a native speaker of English! Judges use evaluation criteria to assess each student’s contribution, which focuses on the ability to develop evidence to support arguments, not language ability. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?Undergraduate students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university anywhere in the world, as well as recent graduates.*REGISTER NOW AT:www.gdppc.orgHow Much Are the Scholarships Stipendsand What Can They Be Used For?Participants in the 2012-2013 Challenge are eligible to:• Win atrip to Budapest, Hungaryto attend the second annual Global Debate and Public Policy Challenge at Central European University in June 2013.• Win one of five possible $10,000 prizes: ascholarshiptowards graduate study or astipendto work at a non-profit institution of the winner’s choice in a field related to Public Policy.*From the participants who are chosen to participate at the final stage of the Challenge,
Re: [liberationtech] FinFisher is now controlled by UK export controls
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 08:17:37PM +0100, Ryan Gallagher wrote: Export controls on cryptographic items is not a new development in the UK or anywhere else - https://www.gov.uk/specialist/export-of-cryptographic-items The question in the case of FinSpy was whether it was to be classed as a Dual Use item. The UK government appears to now be recognising that FinSpy is indeed a Dual Use item and falls under Annex I of EC export regulations. Annex I is designed to control exports of goods (cryptographic or otherwise) designed or modified for military use. So what the UK government is implicitly recognising here is that FinSpy can be used as a military tool -- a bit like a weapon -- and should be subject to the same controls. If they implement this, it will mean Gamma will have to make an application for every sale it wants to make outside of the EU, and this will have to be assessed with the Dual Use criteria in mind. So any export will have to be considered in terms of the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination. If the UK government suspects it could be used for internal repression in the country of final destination, for example, they will (theoretically at least) refuse the export. Any reason why should Gamma International (UK) Ltd. stay in the UK and respect this funny regulation? There so many countries in the world where they can do a business with no such regulations and really low taxes... :-) And of course - all economical regulations will just support these countries (including offshores..) Pavol -- ___ [wil...@trip.sk] [http://trip.sk/wilder/] [talker: ttt.sk 5678] -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
