Builders of the Next Net

this is the second post in a series to highlight the people and projects coming together at this year’s Contact Conference, Oct 20, 2011 in NYCOne of the big areas we’ll be highlighting at Contact is ‘next net’ technologies – hardware and software tools that bring people internet access and the ability to connect, communicate …

New America Scores $2M For What Others Already Do

Might this come home to roost (and bite)? U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors Phi Beta Iota: This is, along with the Iranian nut-jobs trying to liberate Iran with CIA and JSOG money for outside-in propaganda (instead of enpowering the people with Autonomous Internet capabilities), is a classic exposure of how little the Department of …

Secrecy News: USG Out of Control on Classification

GOVERNMENT INSISTS ON RIGHT TO CENSOR BOOK Government attorneys this week asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by author Anthony Shaffer who claimed that his freedom to publish a memoir of his military service in Afghanistan had been violated.  The government said that Mr. Shaffer’s book, “Operation Dark Heart,” which appeared last September …

REVOLUTION 2.0 CLOSED 17 May 2011

16 May 2011 BAHRAIN:  How radical are Bahrain’s Shia? EGYPT:  Could Egypt’s revolution become mirage in the desert? IRAN-BAHRAIN:  Iranian ships carrying aid to Bahrain turned back in Persian Gulf IRAN-SYRIA:  ‘Nakba’ clashes: Iran, Syria trying to turn Arab Spring fury into attacks on Israel? ISRAEL:  The Arab Revolution is knocking at Israel’s door LEBANON-SYRIA:  …