Berkman Center Newsfeed

Internet & Democracy project releases study of the Arabic blogosphere

syoung — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:00 -0400

It is with great pleasure that the Berkman Center announces a major research release from the Internet & Democracy project: “Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent.”

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 29, 2009

lkoss — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:57 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, sign up here.

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StopBadware: New partner, new site reports

syoung — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:35:00 -0400

From the StopBadware blog:

Changing the World of Changing the World: Pushing the Models of Online Organizing

ashar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:30:00 -0400

Tuesday, June 30, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
RSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET.

Citizen Media Law Project partners with YouTube to help launch Reporters' Center

lkoss — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:25:32 -0400

From the CMLP blog:

"As part of today's launch of YouTube's Reporters' Center, which features how-to videos on news reporting, the Citizen Media Law Project created a short video addressing some of the newsgathering and privacy issues people are likely to face as they head out with camera in hand to cover the news. The two-part series of newsgathering videos (the first video is embedded below, the second video should be up later this week) describe the the legal and practical issues you may encounter as you gather documents, take photographs or
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Congratulations, danah boyd! Berkman Fellow is finalist for the Mass Technology Leadership Council's 2009 Innovator Award...

syoung — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 22, 2009

lkoss — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:37:15 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, sign up here.

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Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

ashar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:24:03 -0400

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
June 24, 2009 // Upcoming events and digital media

Skill Matters: The Role of User Savvy in Different Levels of Online Engagement

ashar — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:30:00 -0400

Tuesday, June 23, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
RSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET.

Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Urge New Hampshire Supreme Court to Defend First Amendment Rights of Mortgage Site

lkoss — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:30 -0400

Cambridge, MA - June 23, 2009 - The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), assisted by Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, urged the New Hampshire Supreme Court to defend the First Amendment rights of a website that covers mortgage industry news.

John Palfrey, Bruce Etling and Robert Faris: "Reading Twitter in Tehran?" (Washington Post Op-Ed)

lkoss — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:29:47 -0400

Berkman Buzz: Week of June 15, 2009

lkoss — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:52:14 -0400

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Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

ashar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:32:23 -0400

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
June 17, 2009 // Upcoming events and digital media

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[1] [TODAY 6/17/09] "Online Discourse in the Arab World: Dispelling the Myths" at the United States Institute of Peace (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2009/06/usip)

Online Discourse in the Arab World: Dispelling the Myths

ashar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
USIP, Washington, DC
This event will webcast live.

Watch the live webcast here at 10 AM ET: http://origin.usip.org/arabblogs/.

Full details, including RSVP for the event/webcast, at: http://blogsbullets.eventbrite.com/
This is a public event.

OpenNet Initiative Releases Report on Filtering in Asia

lkoss — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:52:59 -0400

According to a report just release by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) on filtering in Asia, Asian governments are taking increasingly sophisticated steps to control access to Web content. From the ONI blog:

Keeping an Eye on Iran's Post-Election Protests

lkoss — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:53:19 -0400

The Berkman Center community has been paying close attention to the role of the Internet and cell phones in the post-election demonstrations in Iran.

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has just released a new survey of Internet filtering and online content controls in Iran, which details the most recent instances of censorship and provides a basic framework for understanding the legal, technical and institutional mechanisms of filtering in Iran.

Cluetrain at 10: So How's Utopia Working Out for Ya?

ashar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:00:00 -0400

Tuesday, June 16, 6:00 pm
Austin East Classroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School (Map)
Free and Open to the Public
RSVP requested for those attending in person via the form below
This event will be webcast live at 6:00 pm ET.

Check out the Cluetrain Question Tool instance - ask your questions and vote on others!

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Berkman Audio and Video is now in open formats!

ashar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:01:29 -0400

If you receive audio and video content from the Berkman Center you are probably used to seeing it in a limited number of proprietary formats - whether it be as a live Quicktime stream, as an MP3 download, or as an MOV podcast.

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OpenNet Initiative releases "China’s Green Dam: The implications of government control encroaching on the home PC"

lkoss — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:48:58 -0400

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released a new research bulletin that reviews the functional elements of China's Green Dam software and explore the possible effects of its implementation on a national scale. ONI concludes that Green Dam is deeply flawed and poses critical security concerns for users, and may facilitate a much more intrusive mechanism for filtering and surveillance.
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Berkman Buzz: Week of June 8, 2009

lkoss — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:50:27 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, sign up here.
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