[liberationtech] [Freedombox-discuss] FBX in BXL :-)

2012-11-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from JOSEFSSON Erik erik.josefs...@europarl.europa.eu - From: JOSEFSSON Erik erik.josefs...@europarl.europa.eu Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:49:21 +0100 To: freedombox-disc...@lists.alioth.debian.org Subject: [Freedombox-discuss] FBX in BXL :-) Hello, We've just talked

[liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Jill Moss
Gang. I suspect some of you may have already seen this new report on USIA from the CSC - Center for Strategic Communication. The United States Information Agency (USIA) ran America's public diplomacy efforts from 1953 until it was disbanded in 1999. What did it do? Who were the key figures?

Re: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Jill Moss
Sorry, posted this on the wrong listserv. Apologies. JILL From: liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu [mailto:liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Jill Moss Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 9:27 AM To: Liberation Technologies Subject: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

[liberationtech] MJM as Personified Evil Says Spyware Saves Lives Not Kills Them

2012-11-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-08/mjm-as-personified-evil-says-spyware-saves-lives-not-kills-them.html MJM as Personified Evil Says Spyware Saves Lives Not Kills Them By Vernon Silver - 2012-11-08T23:01:00Z In the secretive world of surveillance technology, he goes just by his initials:

[liberationtech] Obama Press Conference

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
Did anyone just watch the Obama press conference? CNN mentions that Obama is going to reach out to grassroots citizen efforts to help him solve US problems during his term. Does anyone know whether this extends to the use of liberationtech? Perhaps Micah has heard something to that effect?

Re: [liberationtech] Obama Press Conference

2012-11-09 Thread Doug Schuler
I'd like to think that liberationtech would include grassroots citizen efforts. -- Doug On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: Did anyone just watch the Obama press conference? CNN mentions that Obama is going to reach out to grassroots citizen efforts to help him solve US

Re: [liberationtech] Obama Press Conference

2012-11-09 Thread Micah Sifry
I'm working on reporting this out, see the new whitehouse.gov/engage page for starters. On Nov 9, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Did anyone just watch the Obama press conference? CNN mentions that Obama is going to reach out to grassroots citizen efforts to

[liberationtech] [ZS] Somehow appropriate. And important. And mythic.

2012-11-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Bryce Lynch virtualad...@gmail.com - From: Bryce Lynch virtualad...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 14:14:43 -0500 To: doctrinez...@googlegroups.com Subject: [ZS] Somehow appropriate. And important. And mythic. Reply-To: doctrinez...@googlegroups.com Or, You're

[liberationtech] Open Call on State Department's Definition of Sensitive Technologies

2012-11-09 Thread Collin Anderson
Colleagues, Under the latest Iran and Syria sanctions bill, which I have discussed on the list previously, there was a reporting requirement related to the definition of sensitive technologies. Yesterday State put forward such a definition and opened a call for comments, due in two months. It

Re: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Collin Anderson
Now I'm curious what the right list was since USIA is interesting to me. On Friday, November 9, 2012, Jill Moss jm...@bbg.gov wrote: Sorry, posted this on the wrong listserv. Apologies. JILL From: liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu [mailto: liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu]

Re: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
Me too :) On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.comwrote: Now I'm curious what the right list was since USIA is interesting to me. On Friday, November 9, 2012, Jill Moss jm...@bbg.gov wrote: Sorry, posted this on the wrong listserv. Apologies. JILL

[liberationtech] UK Guardian's Live Discussion on How to Consult w/ Citizens

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Tracey P. Lauriault tlaur...@gmail.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/public-leaders-network/2012/nov/09/how-to-consult-citizens In July, the Cabinet Office published new guidancehttp://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/consultation-principles-guidance on how consultations will be

Re: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Joel Harding
+5. Wait a sec, I know some but Jill's much more of an expert. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2012, at 17:22, Katherine Maher katherine.ma...@gmail.com wrote: +4. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Chris Albon chris.al...@gmail.com wrote: Me three. Chris R. Albon On Nov 9, 2012, at 5:14

Re: [liberationtech] Obama Press Conference

2012-11-09 Thread Lina Srivastava
Is the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Engagement going to revived in the second term? Is it working with Engage? If so, I think it might be an interesting connection for this list. But at any rate, I think the call for innovation would probably have to originate from this list and others

[liberationtech] Open Technology Fund's 2012 annual report

2012-11-09 Thread Dan Meredith
Heya all, The Open Technology Fund, a program of Radio Free Asia, just released our first annual report for the now past 2012 fiscal year. You can grab it at https://www.opentechfund.org/_pdf/OTF_2012_Annual_Report.pdf. This past year we were fortunate enough to receive $6.8 million in public US

[liberationtech] State Department Asking for Guidance on Sensitive Technology for Iran/Syria

2012-11-09 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
I believe this might be of interest/worth discussing: http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/fs/200316.htm NK -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Re: [liberationtech] New report about USIA

2012-11-09 Thread Carol Waters
Ditto to the 6th power. On Nov 9, 2012 5:38 PM, Joel Harding joel.k.h...@gmail.com wrote: +5. Wait a sec, I know some but Jill's much more of an expert. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2012, at 17:22, Katherine Maher katherine.ma...@gmail.com wrote: +4. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:20 PM,

[liberationtech] NYTM Hurricane Sandy Tech Volunteers Update

2012-11-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jessica Lawrence jess...@nytm.org Below is the volunteer update I just sent to the over 900 members of our community who have volunteered to lend their technology skills to hurricane recovery (sorry for the duplicate message for members on both lists). If you would like to volunteer,

Re: [liberationtech] China just blocked Google.com

2012-11-09 Thread Adam Fisk
Thanks Martin. Do you know if Google Talk is still accessible ( talk.google.com)? -Adam On Friday, November 9, 2012, Martin Johnson wrote: Today, Nov 9, 2012, http://www.google.com was blocked in China. It's the first time since we started tracking online censorship in China in February