Archive for August, 2008
Chinese Internet filtering – maybe not so sophisticated after all?
1 Comment Published by tobias.escher August 23rd, 2008 in *OIINEWS, Beijing Olympics, filteringEver since the first stories broke about the Chinese filtering Internet access for foreign journalists at the Olympics Main Press Center (MPC) I have been wondering why the relevant Chinese authorities would be so stupid. After all, it was more than predictable that this is a huge story for a world already bent on getting [...]
Gordon Brown beta version
1 Comment Published by tobias.escher August 15th, 2008 in *OIINEWS, e-governmentReally just to say that if you haven’t done so already pay a short visit to www.number10.gov.uk the virtual home of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Downing Street just relaunched its website three days ago and the result is rather pleasant. It is so Web 2.0 that they even put the beta in the [...]
Technologies of Freedom? – A Seminar about the Internet and Democracy
1 Comment Published by tobias.escher August 1st, 2008 in *OIINEWS, Bonn, eDemocracy, teachingI recently finished teaching a seminar at the Department for Communication Science at the University of Bonn in Germany on the admittedly broad topic of the Internet and Democracy. This postgraduate seminar ran over five sessions with a total of more than 20 hours. Given that this was the first time I have taught the [...]
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