[liberationtech] Social-Media Researchers in Poland / Eastern Europe

2014-02-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Estrid Sørensen estrid.soren...@rub.de I am looking for researchers on social media or Internet communciation more broadly in Eastern Europe, preferrably in Poland. I'm involved in planning a conference in Poland, and considering having a panel on this issue. It would be of great help,

[liberationtech] Reputation Matters: Unpacking the Microsoft China Censorship Scandal

2014-02-14 Thread Ronald Deibert
Oped by Citizen Lab fellow Jason Q. Ng. Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/02/14/reputation-matters-unpacking-the-microsoft-china-censorship-scandal/ • February 14, 2014, 4:18 PM HKT Reputation Matters: Unpacking the Microsoft China Censorship Scandal By Jason

Re: [liberationtech] Hacking Team and the Targeting of Ethiopian Journalists

2014-02-14 Thread hellekin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/14/2014 02:30 PM, Morgan Marquis-Boire wrote: Thanks Frank, Thanks for the kind words. The ubiquitous targeting of journalists is very concerning. *** Indeed it is. Thank you for this report. I find troubling though that an actor is

Re: [liberationtech] Hacking Team and the Targeting of Ethiopian Journalists

2014-02-14 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
On 02/14/2014 01:23 PM, hellekin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 02/14/2014 02:30 PM, Morgan Marquis-Boire wrote: Thanks Frank, Thanks for the kind words. The ubiquitous targeting of journalists is very concerning. *** Indeed it is. Thank you for this report. I

[liberationtech] Demand for UK flooding river level data

2014-02-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jack Townsend j...@jacktownsend.net A big response from everyone on demand for UK flooding data. Couldn't be more topical! Have passed on to the Cabinet Office, and summarised here. Jack - Nick Barnes, of climate code foundation and flooding victim who wrote a blog post on this

[liberationtech] Any suggestions on recommended readings about open development?

2014-02-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Zara Rahman zara.rah...@okfn.org Just thinking about curating online resources for an 'Open Development' reading list on the Open Development Toolkit site, and wondered if you had any recommendations to add? I've copied in some ideas here: http://okfnpad.org/p/opendevreadinglist