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Servizio del TG5 su Wikipedia
by Marco De Rossi Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Se l'ha già segnalato qualcuno, scusate. Avete visto questa sottospecie di cosa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RygPOmuTBc0 ? Trasmesso dal TG5 il giorno 2 Gennaio 2011. un saluto m. -- Marco De Rossi Oilproject - Be Free To Learn ( http://www.oilproject.org/ ) Pangloss: Poteva andar peggio, poteva piovere ( http://pangloss.info/ )

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"Democracies Confront Their Own Growing Censorship Tendencies"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 10, 2011

Jan. 10, 2011

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty January 05, 2011 Democracies Confront Their Own Growing Censorship Tendencies by Arch Puddington, Christopher Walker The murders of journalists in Russia, the jailing of bloggers in China, and the crackdown on the media in Iran regularly remind us that freedom of expression is under duress, even in an era of expanding global communications. However, considerably less attention has been paid to a new, more insidious threat to this fundamental human right. It involves campaigns by a variety of actors --- from foreign governments and business moguls to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) --- to discourage journalists, scholars, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and others from speaking out or publishing material on certain subjects. This creeping censorship is manifesting itself in venues including the United Nations, the judicial systems of established democracies, and elsewhere. Often, the objective is to place restrictions on what people can say or publish about Islam. But the offensive is also being carried forward by others, including oligarchs in the former Soviet Union. *Targeting Democracies* The focus of the free-speech debate has traditionally been on societies where freedom was lacking. What really sets apart this contemporary strain of censorship, however, is that it is increasingly focused on restricting information and opinion in Europe, North America, and other bastions of free expression. Today, standards in democracies are the target. Consider the following developments of the past few years: -- Two units of the UN system, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, passed resolutions that call for restrictions on what people can say or write about religions, especially Islam. The principal targets of the resolutions were clearly the democracies of Europe rather than autocracies where both free speech and religious liberty are already heavily constrained [...] Continua qui: http://www.rferl.org/content/creeping_censorship_freedom_of_expression/2267…

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Bill Snyder: "The Internet at risk: A return to the Ma Bell era"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2011

Jan. 9, 2011

By Bill Snyder DECEMBER 02, 2010 The Internet at risk: A return to the Ma Bell era Comcast's bullying of Level 3 and Zoom Telephonics reveals the lack of broadband competition that threatens the Internet Back in the bad old days of Ma Bell's ascendancy, you couldn't attach anything to the monopoly's telephone network without express permission: not an answering machine, not an extension, not nothin'. Those days are long gone -- unless you or your users connect to the Internet via Comcast, the giant cable network that delivers television and broadband connectivity to millions of customers. In a stunning display of arrogance, Comcast is stopping Zoom Telephonics from providing cable modems to its subscribers by imposing a ridiculous set of conditions. How ridiculous? In addition to meeting unrealistic standards about heat resistance and packaging, Zoom would be forced to pay business-class airfare and hotel accommodations for Comcast employees who journey to Asia to approve Zoom's modems, according to a complaint filed with the FCC [PDF]. ...... Continua qui: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/the-internet-risk-return-t…

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NY Times: "Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 9, 2011

Jan. 9, 2011

January 8, 2011 Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race By NATASHA SINGER AMERICA stood at the forefront of the public library movement in 1731, when Benjamin Franklin <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/benjamin_frank…> founded the Library Company of Philadelphia <http://www.librarycompany.org/about/index.htm>, our first successful lending library. Looking back on the project decades later, Franklin wrote in his autobiography <http://books.google.com/books?id=6wJSqhFuSt4C&pg=PT88&dq=%22these+libraries…> that the growth of lending libraries had played a role not only in educating but also in democratizing American society. "These Libraries," he wrote, "have improv'd the general Conversation of the Americans, made the common Tradesmen & Farmers as intelligent as most Gentlemen from other countries, and perhaps have contributed to some degree to the Stand so generally made throughout the Colonies in Defence of their Privileges." Lending libraries may have been the newfangled democratizing factor of their day. Centuries later, though, the United States finds itself trailing Europe and Japan <http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/meetings/pdf/Open_Seminar_%28Japan%29.pdf> in creating the modern equivalent: a national digital library that would serve as an electronic repository for the nation's cultural heritage. In other words, there's a real digital library divide. In contrast to the United States, the National Library of Norway <http://www.nb.no/english> has been a global early adopter. In 2005, it announced a goal of digitizing its entire collection; by now it has scanned some 170,000 books, 250,000 newspapers, 610,000 hours of radio broadcasts, 200,000 hours of TV and 500,000 photographs. And, last year, the National Library of the Netherlands <http://www.kb.nl/index-en.html>said it planned to scan all... [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/business/09stream.html

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[NEXA]Google e Facebook.
by vale.it＠gmail.com Jan. 9, 2011

Jan. 9, 2011

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[NEXA]Wikileaks: US disclosure order to Twitter.
by vale.it＠gmail.com Jan. 9, 2011

Jan. 9, 2011

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/07/twitter/subpoe…

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Fw: Argomenti della roadmap da Mariella
by Mariella Berra Jan. 9, 2011

Jan. 9, 2011

Corte chiede a Twitter dati per incriminare Assange e Manning http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2011-01-08/corte-statunitense-chiede… Segnalo l'articolo di Chris Anderson ,Aiuto, si è chiusa la Rete , L'Espresso 2 2011 Cresce l'interesse per applicazioni o piattaforme semichiuse. Dove passare contenuti a pagamento. E il Web libero deve trovare nuove strade. Quali e come?

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"Peep Wireless Proposes a Peer-To-Peer Cell Network"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Jan. 8, 2011

Jan. 8, 2011

*Peep Wireless Proposes a Peer-To-Peer Cell Network* Paul M. Davis <http://www.shareable.net/users/200> <http://www.shareable.net/blog/paul-m.-davis/feed> 01.07.11 With a handful of cell phone companies operating as a monopoly of the few, and the future of net neutrality <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality>on cell networks becoming increasingly uncertain <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/22/net-neutrality-intern…>, mobile networks have become one of the web's most centralized and embattled access points. This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Peep Wireless <http://www.peeptelephony.com/>announced a mesh network technology that could serve as an alternative to existing networks provided by a handful of companies which charge a premium for access. Instead of relying solely on current cell infrastructure, each mobile device using Peep's technology would extend the reach of the network to others, sharing access with other mobile devices using peer-to-peer technology. At Cnet News <http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-20027296-250.html#ixzz1AOJSbECj>, Rafe Needleman explains the concept: [...] Continua qui: http://www.shareable.net/blog/peep-wireless-proposes-a-peer-to-peer-cell-ne…

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Dalla segnalazione di Marco
by fabio chiusi Jan. 7, 2011

Jan. 7, 2011

ho tratto questo pezzo: http://ilnichilista.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/la-censura-in-rete-e-un-proble… Grazie, come sempre, per gli stimoli. Buon w/e f.

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27° Mercoledì di NEXA - 12 gennaio 2011
by Giuseppe Futia Jan. 7, 2011

Jan. 7, 2011

* 27° Mercoledì di NEXA* *"Internet & Società: Roadmap per il 2011" * *Mercoledì 12 gennaio 2011 ore 17 -- 20* (2° mercoledì del mese) Via Boggio 59, Torino (primo piano) Ingresso libero Live streaming: http://nexa.polito.it/events Con ogni probabilità, il 2011 verrà ricordato come l'anno in cui l'Italia è tornata a trattare l'accesso a Internet da posti pubblici come qualunque altro paese democratico: il decreto Mille Proroghe approvato lo scorso 22 dicembre, infatti, stabilisce l'abrogazione di gran parte dell'articolo 7 del decreto Pisanu. Tuttavia, secondo un recente studio dell'Istat, l'Italia resta alle ultimissime posizioni in Europa per quel che riguarda la diffusione e l'uso di Internet da parte dei suoi cittadini. A partire da questo presupposto, Il Centro NEXA - fresco dalla retrospettiva 2010 <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-26> effettuata a dicembre - propone la stesura di una Roadmap 2011 sui temi "Internet & Società", provando a identificare le priorità, le sfide e le opportunità per l'anno appena iniziato a livello sia italiano, sia europeo che internazionale. Per preparare l'incontro, tutti coloro i quali vorranno partecipare sono invitati a contribuire con idee e commenti sulla mailing list pubblica NEXA <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Il primo mercoledì di NEXA di quest'anno rappresenta dunque un'occasione di confronto e dibattito nella quale interverranno Juan Carlos De Martin e Marco Ricolfi, nonché i fellows e tutti i membri dello staff. *Per dare maggior tempo alla discussione, l'incontro inizierà alle ore 17*, invece che alle 18. *Ufficio Stampa Centro NEXA:* Giuseppe Futia NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Tel. +39 011 564 7245

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