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We are a global network of bloggers and online activists dedicated to protecting freedom of expression and free access to information online. We report on threats to online speech, share tactics for defending the work and words of netizens, and support efforts to improve Internet policy and practice worldwide. As bloggers, activists, journalists and savvy Internet users, we recognize that universal human rights to free expression, access to information, and privacy are being challenged by governments, companies, and other powerful actors worldwide. With over 1300 contributors in 120 countries, we believe that the Global Voices community is uniquely positioned to do something about this.
Leadership. Rebecca MacKinnon. TED Talks Speaker Rebecca MacKinnon on Internet Freedom and Censorship. China Speakers Bureau David Cameron and more on internet censorship – Jeremy Goldkorn. ACTA = Global Internet Censorship – Now Even Foreign Governments Will Be Able To Have Your Website Shut Down. The American Dream January 28, 2012 Global Internet censorship is here.
SOPA and PIPA have been stopped (at least for now) in the United States, but a treaty known as ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is far worse than either of them. ACTA was quietly signed by Barack Obama back on October 1st, 2011 and most Americans have never even heard of it. But it could mean the end of the Internet as we know it. This new treaty gives foreign governments and copyright owners incredibly broad powers. Omoyele Sowore.
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To secure a speaker and other resources for organizing your event, please contact your Regional Office by calling 1.866.A.REGION or clicking here. Karen Hanscom, Ph.D. Location: Maryland Areas of Focus: Rehabilitation of survivors, the asylum process, and the psychological effects of torture Personal Profile: Dr. Hanscom is the executive director and founder of ASTT – a Baltimore area treatment center for survivors of torture. ASTT provides innovative psychological counseling and physical treatment to individuals that have experienced torture. CyberDissident Database - Yemen. "CyberDissidents.org is the leading organization in the world principally devoted to online democratic dissidents.
" - Kristen Silverberg, former US ambassador to the European Union. Afrah Nasser. Threatened Voices. Jila Baniyaghoob, 38, freelance reporter and editor-in-chief of the website Kanoon Zanan Irani (Focus on Iranian Women), Iran.
Baniyaghoob works in one of the most restrictive environments for both journalists and women in the world. Still, she has fearlessly reported on government and social oppression, particularly as they affect women. She has been fired from several jobs because she refuses to censor the subject matter of her reporting and several of her media outlets have been closed by the government. She has travelled throughout the Middle East, writing accounts of the lives of women and refugees during times of conflict. Threatened Voices. Threatened Voices. Blog: Status: Released Arrested between 21 Jul 2008 and 18 Aug 2008 The state security apparatus had raided Mohamed Refaat’s home early in the morning on 21st of July 2008 in his absence, and seized his PC, and many of his books, and when Mohamed Refaat approached the officer “ Hisham Tawfik” in the morning in the state security offices, he shocked by the fabricated charges of “inciting to strike on the occasion of 23rd July”, he was then referred to the state security prosecution office in the case no. 1143 for the year 2008.
After being in jail for more than 2 months, the Egyptian blogger Mohamed Refaat was set free. Mohamed told Add-Dostour daily newspaper that the state security officers insisted that he will not go out of his detention custody till he sign a paper saying he will never update his blog neither heis Facebook account , nevertheless dealing with humanitarian NGOs or journalists. Access Denied Map. - StumbleUpon. Ethan Zuckerman. Email Ethan ZuckermanEthan Zuckerman's HomepageEthan Zuckerman's Blog Ethan Zuckerman served a fellow of the Berkman Center from 2003 through 2009.
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Tanya Byron is the U.K.’s most public figure on cyberbullying prevention. She was commissioned by the British Prime Minister to do the Byron Report (2008), “an idependent review of the risks children face from the internet and video games”. The Byron Report made recommendations to the Government on what different stakeholders needed to be doing to protect children.
Then, in December 2009, the British Government asked her to report on the progress made improving children’s digital safety. In March 2010, in response, she issued her report “Do we have safer children in a digital world? Research, Reviews, Summaries & Expert Interviews for Educators & Researchers. Research, Reviews, Summaries & Expert Interviews for Educators & Researchers. Dr.
Jenny Walker is a speaker, consultant and expert on cyberbullying and positive uses of technology among youth. She is a proponent of confidential online polling of young people in specific local schools to inform stakeholders (educators, parents, students, and community members) about specific learning conditions, and to show specific areas for intervention. Amanda Lenhart.