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12 March 2011: The world day against cyber-censorship: Launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2008, World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (on 12 March 2011) is intended to rally everyone in support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible to all. The fight for online freedom of expression is more essential than ever. By creating new [...]
Yes, this was the question. And after several months of contemplation I decided to give it a try! So, what is this flattr thingy you might ask – apart from all these little buttons? Well, it is a newish social micro payment system and provides an easy way to share money and make small donations. [...]
The media is all over wikileaks and cablegate. But, as usual, they might miss an important part of the story. There seems little understanding about what exactly wikileaks stands for and where it comes from. A good start is to read Julian Assange’s archived blog “Interesting Questions” which he wrote between 2006-2007. If you want [...]
Once again, wikileaks managed to grab the attention of the world media. They started publishing 251,287 United States cables sent from, or to, US embassies around the world. They named it Cablegate and indeed it is a unprecedented leak of diplomatic material. Some initial thoughts (written at 3 am – sorry for the typos and [...]
The British are distracted by a royal wedding and the government is eager to change the fundamental principles of the internet! After the radical social welfare cuts, the big society joke, the increase of student fees which are linked to a privatisation of higher education, this is another great idea of the British government… In [...]
Something completely different (for this blog) – but nevertheless important: Watch the video, download it and share with your friends: Patent Absurdity — How software patents broke the system: (click the poster to watch the video!) Something completely different (for this blog) – but nevertheless important: Watch the video, download it and share with your [...]
From Zensursula to Censilia… Dear Cecila Malmstöm, back off from the Internet, Commissioner . (via netzpolitik.org) For more details do read this European Voice article and have a look at this leaked Council document “Draft Council Conclusions on an Action Plan to implement the Concerted Strategy to combat cybercrime” and the CIRCAMP project. From Zensursula [...]
“Harnessing the power of the Internet for better communication” – Here is an interesting open letter (in case you have not seen it on twitter…) from the European Commission’s Internet editors and webmasters to Commission President Barroso and incoming Commissioners in which they ask for more web 2.0 in EU institutions… Read it here. I [...]
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kosmopolit @ twitter- kosmopolit: @Lionelsola that is also misleading as the post is not about FT's opinion - but a summary of a eurobarometer poll cc @spignal @ringrda February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: [being a EU Commissioner]"is about as high as an official can climb in the eurocracy."-> misleading opening by @spignal http://t.co/vy5omNuv February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: @wettach Oh - Interessant, mit oder ohne US? Irgendwelche Erfahrungen mit Zeitungsabos? February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: RT @ECFRheadlines: What's your take on Europe's foreign policy? Do you disagree with our grading? http://t.co/jgwPTmRO Blog it & let us ... February 2, 2012
- kosmopolit: @wettach Idee des Artikels war doch eher zu zeigen dass die AGBs suboptimal fur Endnutzer sind. Stimmt, Problem ist DRM im ebook Markt... February 2, 2012
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