Links for July 7th 2008

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Interesting links for July 4th 2008 through July 7th 2008: Iran: death penalty for "corrupt weblogs" [Boing Boing] - "New legislation has been proposed in Iran that could make blogging a crime punishable by death. ... A translated English copy of the proposed legislation is here." Watching you, watching YouTube [BBC NEWS ...

Links for June 11th 2008

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Interesting links for June 8th 2008 through June 11th 2008: Change Congress - NCMR keynote [Lessig Blog] - Lawrence Lessig's keynote at the National Conference for Media Reform arguing for a mobilisation of talent to try and end (or, at least, decrease) the corruption in the US Congress. J.K. Rowling Speaks at ...

Links for May 1st 2008

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Interesting links for May 1st 2008: Free game hopes to save gorillas [BBC NEWS | Technology] - "Campaigners hoping to preserve Rwanda's endangered mountain gorilla are attempting to raise awareness of its plight by making a game simulating the lives of the animals free to mobile phone users." Sweet Hollywood hoax with ...

Australia’s Internet Censorship Regime

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

The first big concern for 2008 is that the newly-elected Rudd Labor Government in Australia has introduced laws requiring across-the-board filtering of the internet by ISPs.  While the plan may have some good intentions behind it, if implemented in the way currently envisaged it will almost certainly make the internet ...