The US Congress fears new technology. (The internet may actually create a more transparent democracy, so user beware.)
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Only Jesus freaks need apply
Why is Google’s YouTube removing videos about far-right American Pastor John Hagee?
Finding what they don’t want you to know
The Memory Hole website is back. Enjoy gems such as this, this and this.
Raging against rising internet repression
My following article appears in the US magazine The Nation on the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit and the issue of web repression: During the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008–sponsored by Harvard University and Google in Budapest, Hungary, in late June, and attended by over 200 bloggers, human rights activists, writers, journalists, hackers and…
Rise of human rights consciousness
My following article appears in the Amnesty International Australia’s Uncensor campaign about human rights in China: We don’t need American, mainstream journalists telling us that something is wrong in China, writes Antony Loewenstein Chinese dissidents will continue to push for democratic change. This is certain in an Olympic year, but these voices are undoubtedly stronger…
How to live life, part 34678
Street sparklers, expatriate bloggers, and foodseeking. (Aka known as finding connections between writing under repression, consuming beautiful food and celebrating the good things in life.)
Why their lives matter
The Global Lives Project is “a global initiative created to showcase the lives of 10 different people from all over the world by following them and recording 24 hours of their day in video. These 240 hours of material will be shown at the same time in an installation where a person will be able…
The censors are coming for us all
Portugal experiences its first ever blocked blog. This doesn’t just happen in repressive regimes, anymore.