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[ NNSquad ] Liberation Technology 3/4/2010 ** Inconvenient Truths
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:03:20 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Liberation Technology 3/4/2010 ** Inconvenient Truths Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: allison@stanford.edu > Date: February 26, 2010 7:43:05 PM EST > To: dave@farber.net > Subject: Liberation Technology 3/4/2010 ** Inconvenient Truths > Reply-To: allison@stanford.edu > > Stanford Program on Liberation Technology > Presents > > Inconvenient Truths > > Rachel McKinnon > Visiting Fellow > Center for Information Technology Policy > Princeton > > Thursday, March 4, 2010 > 4:30-6:00pm > Wallenberg Theater, Bldg 160 > Stanford University > > Abstract > > While the Internet can be a profoundly empowering force, it will not > fulfill its potential unless we recognize and address a number of > "inconvenient truths." Authoritarian regimes are evolving and adapting > to the Internet age. China is "exhibit A" in this regard, and has > become a model for others to emulate. With the help of multinational > companies, some non-democratic and quasi-democratic governments are > working to shape the Internet's architecture, coordination, and legal > governance in a direction more conducive to their survival. Other > even more "inconvenient truths" involve democracies themselves: > democratically elected lawmakers in a range of countries are passing > laws to address immediate domestic problems of crime, terror, and > copyright theft, but are doing so by implementing legal norms and > technical standards that both enable and help to justify censorship > and surveillance in repressive countries. These "inconvenient truths" > lead to complicated questions about the future of authoritarianism, > democracy, and sovereignty in the Internet age which challenge many > 20th-century assumptions. > > > Rebecca MacKinnon is a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University's > Center for Information Technology Policy where she is working on > a book about China, the Internet, and the future of freedom in > the Internet age. MacKinnon is cofounder of Global Voices Online > (globalvoicesonline.org), an award-winning global citizen media > network that amplifies online citizen voices from around the > world. She is a founding member of the Global Network Initiative > ( globalnetworkinitiative.org), a multi-stakeholder initiative > to advance principles of freedom of expression and privacy among > Internet and telecommunications companies. She is also on the board > of the Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org). > > Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, MacKinnon has lived in China on and > off since childhood. She worked for CNN in Beijing for nine years, > serving as CNN's Beijing Bureau Chief and Correspondent from 1998-2001 > and then as CNN's Tokyo Bureau Chief and Correspondent > > > * * * * * > > This talk is open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to attend > and participate. For further information please contact Kathleen > Barcos <kbarcos@stanford.edu> > > WHY AM I GETTING THIS MAIL? You are receiving this announcement > because you receive announcements for the Stanford EE Computer > Systems Colloquium and we believe that you might also find this > talk to be of interest. Whern there is conflict, remember that > the Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium is available for > on-demand viewing and can be time shifted. > > ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----