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Notes from the Sida conference on Internet Activism
Notes from the Sida conference on Internet Activism 23 November 2011 GJ

The recent conference on internet activism, put on by the Swedish International Development Agency, was particularly enlightening.

APC member May First/People Link sets new standard for transparency
APC member May First/People Link sets new standard for transparency 09 November 2011 GJ

The cooperatively-owned internet service provider May First/People Link has set a new standard for transparency. It has set up a wiki space which includes details on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the threats it poses to activists: “The impact of this law is devastating for activists.

I Can Stalk U - Raising awareness about inadvertent information sharing
I Can Stalk U - Raising awareness about inadvertent information sharing 07 March 2011 GJ

The aptly named icanstalku.com attempts to expose the dangers inherent in posting information — in this case pictures — online in a rather unconventional way: the site regularly updates its news feed with individuals’ user names and locations, all gleaned from photos posted to Twitter. For ex

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