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Benkler on Wikileaks

by Enrico Bertacchini

FYI http://benkler.org/Benkler%20Wikileaks%20CRCL%20Working%20Paper%20Feb_8.pdf Ciao Enrico Enrico Bertacchini - Researcher EBLA - International Center for Research on the Economics of Culture, Institutions and Creativity NEXA Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico of Torino Via Po 53, 10124 Torino, Italy TEL +390116704982 Skype: enricobertacchini

Feb. 27, 2011

Che cosa ci ha fatto scoprire WikiLeaks

by Paolo Brini

Niente di nuovo o diverse cose che non potevamo nemmeno immaginare? <http://www.opendemocracy.net/ryan-gallagher/what-has-wikileaks-ever-taught-…> Ciao, Paolo

Feb. 25, 2011

Re: [nexa] IEEE: "A Time for Choosing"

by Andrea Glorioso

Caro Juan Carlos, cari tutti, 2011/2/25 J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it>: > Vi segnalo questo editoriale apparso su un magazine > IEEE (l'associazione internazionale degli ingegneri > elettronici e informatici): > > Daniel E. Geer Jr., "A Time for Choosing," IEEE Security and Privacy, > vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 96, 95, Jan./Feb. 2011, doi:10.1109/MSP.2011.4 > > PDF: geer.tinho.net/ieee/ieee.sp.geer.1101b.pdf > > E' un interessante esempio di come almeno certi > americani vedono Internet - ideologicamente parlando. Grazie per il riferimento. Va detto che Geer non e` un americano qualunque, ma il CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) di In-q-tel (http://www.iqt.com/) "In 1998, CIA identified technology as a top strategic priority, and set out a radical plan to create a new venture that would help increase the Agency's access to private sector innovation. In-Q-Tel was chartered in February 1999 by a group of private citizens at the request of the Director of Central Intelligence and with the support of the U.S. Congress. IQT was tasked with building a bridge between the Agency and a new set of technology innovators" Questo tipo di articoli (vedi anche il recente position paper del Council on Foreign Relations, "Internet Governance in an age of cyber insecurity", http://www.cfr.org/terrorism-and-technology/internet-governance-age-cyber-i…) segnalano un deciso cambio di marcia degli USA - tra gli altri paesi - nel considerare Internet (e la relativa governance) un elemento di interesse strategico. E sarebbe ora che tutti cambiassimo marcia con decisione. Ciao, Andrea

Feb. 25, 2011

Gli Usa, l'Acta, il telecom package, l'AgCom, il copyright...

by a.dicorinto＠uniroma1.it

Ciao a tutti/tutte- Questo è quello che ho capito io finora dei negoziati Acta e del Telecom Package http://daily.wired.it/news/politica/anonymous-contro-il-copyright.html (grazie al lavoro indefesso di Paolo Brini e di Scambio Etico). Magari voi la pensate diversamente e/o avete altre utili informazioni... a presto

Feb. 25, 2011

IEEE: "A Time for Choosing"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Vi segnalo questo editoriale apparso su un magazine IEEE (l'associazione internazionale degli ingegneri elettronici e informatici): Daniel E. Geer Jr., "A Time for Choosing," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 96, 95, Jan./Feb. 2011, doi:10.1109/MSP.2011.4 PDF: geer.tinho.net/ieee/ieee.sp.geer.1101b.pdf E' un interessante esempio di come almeno certi americani vedono Internet - ideologicamente parlando. juan carlos

Feb. 25, 2011

Study finds...

by Paolo Brini

Glyn Moody: Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens - http://rww.to/eWzgIj take that, Net curmudgeons #activism :) Ciao, Paolo

Feb. 24, 2011

SAVE THE DATE: David Post a Torino venerdi' 11 marzo

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Il Centro NEXA su Internet & Società è lieto di annunciare che*venerdi' 11 marzo 2011* nel primo pomeriggio il prof.*David Post*, noto cyberscholar, docente presso la Temple University [1], nonche' autore dello splendido, pluripremiato libro: /"In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace" / (Oxford Univ. Press) [2], terra' a Torino una lezione pubblica sui temi del suo libro, arricchiti da riflessioni relative ai recenti avvenimenti in Nord Africa. Seguirà annuncio definitivo con titolo, abstract e coordinate esatte della lezione. [1] http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/dpost/writings.html [2] http://jeffersonsmoose.org/

Feb. 24, 2011

Si all'estradizione di Assange in Svezia

by elena falletti

Dal sito del Nytimes la decisione del giudice inglese sull'estradizione di Assange in Svezia http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/20110224-Britain-Ruling-Ass… Saluti Elena Falletti

Feb. 24, 2011

Democratic revolutions and democracies in crisis

by Philippe Aigrain

Comments are flowing on the Arab and Iranian democratic revolutions, of which we see only the beginning. In a must read interview, Manuel Castells stated : “the popular uprisings in the Arab world perhaps constitute the most important Internet-led and facilitated change”. Beyond the direct role of the Internet and information technology in these movements, it is the anthropological and social transformations that make them possible that merit our attention. New types of individuals are born and grown up, wise, able to expose a political deceit, to coordinate, to speak to each other beyond social or cultural boundaries, to quickly adjust their behavior in face of previously unmet situations. In my opinion, the practices afforded by information technology and the Internet were key to the birth of these new capabilities, but their reach is not limited to where they were born. When one cuts the Internet, one does not stop (or at least not before a long time) the agency of those whom it empowered. We knew all this, and nonetheless, our surprise is huge. We are faced with the contingency of movements whose scale we did not anticipate, and neither did their originators. Retrospectively, historians will recall their antecedents and they will one day appear as part of a logical process, but today, they are in the best sense, events that spring up unexpectedly. To pay tribute to them, and express the fragile support of my keyboard, I would like to explore the inspiration that can be drawn from them by those who try to regenerate established but presently in crisis democracies. Two precautions are needed. For once, it would be absurd to confuse the situations of our respective countries: it is by recognizing their differences that one can build a constructive exchange. Furthermore, “democracy in crisis” is a tautology. It is the essence of democracy, because citizens are permanent judges of the imperfection of its state, to be always in crisis, always imperfect, and, at best, being reinvented. More at http://paigrain.debatpublic.net/?p=2884&lang=en

Feb. 24, 2011

Subject: Khartoum's Facebook trap

by Andrea Cairola

interessante e tragico! Andrea How to use facebook if you are a repressive regime http://irevolution.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/facebook-for-repressive-regimes/ "The Sudanese government reportedly set up a Facebook group calling for protests on a given date at a specific place. Thousands of activists promptly subscribed to this group. The government then deliberately changed the time of the protests on the day of to create confusion and stationed police at the rendez-vous point where they promptly arrested several dozen protestors in one swoop. There are also credible reports that many of those arrested were then tortured to reveal their Facebook (and email) passwords." The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail immediately. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please scan all attachments. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of IRIN or the United Nations. IRIN does not take any responsibility for the views of the author.

Feb. 24, 2011