Category: Technology
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This week, conferences on internet, privacy, security, openness
Following on from the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference last week, discussions looking at various aspects of the web and society are coming thick and fast. Here are two three four just this week: Today/tomorrow in London it’s the UK Foreign Office’s London Conference on Cyberspace (programme) – which seems heavy on cybersecurity, anti-hacking, and cybercrime, but opened…
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RightsCon panel today (Workshop 12, on visual content and human rights)
Today in San Francisco, I’m moderating a panel at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference. I’ll be joined by Steve Grove (formerly of YouTube, now of Google+), Sam Gregory of WITNESS, Hans Eriksson of Bambuser, and Thor Halvorssen of the Human Rights Foundation and Oslo Freedom Forum. You can watch the video live here, or…
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Speaking at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference
In two weeks’ time, I’ll be moderating a workshop at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, on a topic dear to my heart: Visual content and human rights – Content has changed our world, how do we manage its impact on society, governance, and privacy? Panelists: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS Thor Halvorssen, Founder, Oslo Freedom…
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Speaking at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference
In two weeks’ time, I’ll be moderating a workshop at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, on a topic dear to my heart: Visual content and human rights – Visual content has changed our world – how do we manage its impact on society, governance, and privacy? Panelists: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS Thor Halvorssen,…
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FT covers “Cameras Everywhere”
The FT’s Business Life Editor, Ravi Mattu (diclosure: Ravi’s an old friend) covered Cameras Everywhere in his FT column last Thursday (it’s paywalled, unfortunately): When the Egyptian government shut down the internet during the protests in Tahrir Square, it was seen as a form of repression. Should access to technology now be seen in the same way as access to, say,…
Sameer Padania 