Tag: freedom of speech

The Big Picture – A harrowing, historic week in Egypt
Some incredibly powerful images here of the Egyptian protests.
February 2, 2011
TechCrunch – Egypt Shuts Down Noor, Its Last ISP
This is so weird and disturbing the idea of a political entity being able to just disconnect itself from the internet.
January 31, 2011
Official Google Blog – Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard
Only Google has this kind of ability to just buy a company and build a product to make the internet and a public more free.
January 31, 2011
The Atlantic – The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks
I’m not sure what’s more shocking, that a country wide keylogger was in use, or that Facebook took these actions to defend their users and freedom of speech.
January 24, 2011
Organization of American States – Joint Statement On Wikileaks
On the plus side the UN and OAS came out pretty strongly in favor of Wikileaks and support of freedom for access to information.
December 22, 2010
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Wikileaks Mirror Taken Down: Host Buckles Under Demands from Upstream Provider
It’s sad when we can’t even trust companies that we pay to stick up for our rights.
December 22, 2010
Bookselling This Week – The Challenges of Free Speech
Defending free speech means to defend even those things that are controversial.
November 21, 2010