Rob Faris concluded his speech by introducing three panelists: Tattu Mambetalieva of the Civil Initiative on Internet Policy (Kyrgyzstan) and the OpenNet Initiative; Sunil Abraham of the Centre for Internet and Society (India); and Shahzad Ahmad of Bytes for All (Pakistan). Tattu (I’ll be referring to her by first name for the sheer fact that […]
Day: September 21, 2010
Renata Uitz of Central European University welcomes Rob Faris, research director of the Berkman Center and the OpenNet Initiative. “A bunch of smart people invented the internet,” says Faris, highlighting the wonderful ways in which the Internet brought millions of people together. “People began using the Internet for various other things too – porn, making […]
At long last, the paper I’ve been working on since (gulp) April is now live on the OpenNet Initiative website: “Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere” tackles the issues of content regulation and account deactivations across five popular social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Blogger). The paper is also available for PDF download […]