[liberationtech] Trollarchy in the UK: privacy, free speech the Defamation Bill

2012-06-20 Thread Antonio A. Casilli
Hi all,
a post about the British Defamation Bill, spinned to the press as an
Anti-troll act.
http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/2012/06/12/trollarchy-in-the-uk/
Cheers,
---a

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[liberationtech] How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression

2012-06-20 Thread Enrique Piraces
Hi there,

This paper is quite new, from June 18. I just started reading it so no comments 
yet. It may be of interest to some of you.

King, Gary, Jennifer Pan, and Molly Roberts. 
How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective 
Expression. 
Working Paper, 2012
Abstract: http://j.mp/LdVXqN
Direct download: http://gking.harvard.edu/gking/files/censored.pdf

Gary King is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard 
University. He is also Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social 
Science.

Best,
Enrique

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[liberationtech] Police, lobbyists defeat bill to regulate license plate scanners in Calif.

2012-06-20 Thread G.W. Schulz
http://cironline.org/reports/police-lobbyists-defeat-bill-regulate-license-plate-scanners


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