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Vickram Crishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Some attention to the possibilities of widening the possibilities for keeping the flow of information moving collaboratively in times of stress, both literally and figuratively, happened in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Information from journalists in Sri Lanka and several other badly hit places was channeled to DesiMediaBitch, an open group of reporters on a blog. In its new found avatar as Chien(ne)s Sans Frontieres, the blog served to get reports raw from some of the worst mangled areas, sent out by SMS and ham radio from areas where mainstream journalists had not, and in some cases could not have, been.
A few weeks later, and a different kind of tragedy has affected the concept of free and open communications, as a curtain of silence has fallen across the northern borders of the South Asian subcontinent. The possibility of relaying information out from behind the Nepal border by keyed transmission is being held open, as an informal network of ham operators attempt to organise relay listening across the amateur frequencies, in the hope that the voices of freedom denied may be heard once again. Obviously, the risk to amateur operators in Nepal is high, and the possible penalties dire, and C*S*F* hopes that their efforts may not be in vain, as the converging networks of hams and bloggers synergise. -- Vickram
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