[liberationtech] Book "Social Media, Politics and the State"

*Call for extended abstracts for an edited collection -­‐ Please circulate widely* Social Media, Politics and the State: Protest, Revolutions, Riots, Crime, and Policing in the Age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Edited by Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CFP_

[liberationtech] New policy directive for Internet Filtering in Pakistan

From: Shahzad Ahmad Dear Colleagues, More bad news coming out from Pakistan… so seemingly much talked about Internet filtering system effectively gets an implementation through this policy directive. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-17209-Govt-orders-blocking-of-all--blasphemous-pornogr

Re: [liberationtech] New policy directive for Internet Filtering in Pakistan

Reposting here: Hi Shahzad, Thanks for this, we have been corresponding with Wahaj us Siraj, ISPAK and ICT R & & D fund for clarity over the recent statements, and have been able to get an extensive interview and will be publishing it shortly. Furthermore, since after our constitutional petition

[liberationtech] American Journalism Review on digital security

http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=5380 Solid piece by AJR's Sherry Ricchiardi on digital security --and the lack thereof-- among journalists.From AJR,   June/July 2012Playing Defense   With digital information so vulnerable to theft, it's imperative for journalists to be proactive in protecting confide