Full Coverage: Internet
24.10.2009
Hundreds of activist organisations had their internet service turned off after the US Chamber of Commerce strong-armed an upstream provider to pull the plug on The Yes Men.
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] [Freedom of expression] [Corporations] |
19.10.2009
Where blogging has become a serious medium for social and political commentary as well as a target of government suppression.
more...Related topics/regions: [North Africa] [Middle East] [Freedom of expression] Image: 'Death' - An image posted on the blog meiroun.blogspot.com (1907) © meiroun.blogspot.com / Global Voices Online
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18.10.2009
GuidesWeek completes its first anniversary next week. Chris Blattman has some encouraging reflections on his first two years.
more...Related topics/regions: [Communication] |
14.10.2009
It's Blog Action day, and the subject is climate change.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
16.09.2009
Winston the carrier pigeon delivered a packet of data 60 miles in a faster time than South Africa's flagship ADSL service. BBC News
more...Related topics/regions: [South Africa] |
02.08.2009
Great spoof dialogue as world leaders make friends with each other on Facebook. Global Dashboard
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19.07.2009
If you're a student blogger, remember that a prospective employer might just take a look. Global Health
more...Related topics/regions: [Freedom of expression] |
15.06.2009
School textbooks are history, says Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's good news for publishers such as OneWorld but do youngsters have adequate concentration spans in the online environment?
more...Related topics/regions: [Education] Image: School books are heavy in Benin as well as California © Dan Gerber
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04.05.2009
Liu Xiaobo has been detained without trial since last December. Here he compares life as a dissident in Beijing before and after the arrival of the internet. The Times
more...Related topics/regions: [China] [Activism] |
13.03.2009
Twelve "Enemies of the Internet" - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam - have transformed their Internet into an Intranet in order to prevent their population from accessing 'undesirable' online information,” says a new report.
more...+ handed to “Internet Enemy” embassies From: Reporter Senza Frontiere Related topics/regions: [Freedom of expression] Image: Enemies of the Internet
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18.01.2009
The Sri Lankan government may be winning a shooting war with the Tamil Tigers but its despicable elimination of those who wield the pen plumbed new depths this week. Time.com
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] |
18.01.2009
We tend to assume that surfing the internet is the ultimate in low carbon entertainment. It's not that simple as this October article from Green Futures explains.
more...Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
09.12.2008
Join the discussion in Poznan via OneWorld's "Virtual Poznan", which takes you inside the conference hall each day this week.
more...Related topics/regions: [Poland] [Climate change] Image: Poznan conference logo
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05.05.2008
FREE FM, a community radio meant for prisoners in Jamaica, is now available to anyone interested in listening to it from anywhere in the world. Launched in June 2007 by UNESCO, Canadian International Development Agency and others, it was meant to encourage rehabilitation and education of prisoners.
more...Related topics/regions: [Education] [ICT] Image: Major Richard Reece, Commission of Corrections, addressing the inmates in prison from the radio studio / Photo credit: UNESCO
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05.05.2008
Celebrating 15 years of its creation, World Wide Webs inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes that the technology is still in a nascent stage. However, as a result of various international collaborations, the Web would be of great help in managing the planet.
more...Related topics/regions: [ICT] Image: Sir Tim Berners-Lee / Photo credit: BBC
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30.04.2008
Telecentres can serve as an important source of information by connecting citizens with the government. A growing trend of commercialisation is however treating such entitlements as services and citizens as customers who pay service charges, writes research associate Vivek Vaidyanathan.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [ICT] [Knowledge] [Governance] Image: A telecentre in Andhra Pradesh / Photo credit: Infochange
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24.04.2008
IBM is toying with the idea of providing information to rural users on toll-free numbers. Its pilot project in southern India will provide information on healthcare services, small businesses and micro-finance. Once successful, it will be taken to international markets.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Health] [Communication] [ICT] [Civil society] |

