Saturday, June 28, 2008
Juliana, David, make the village pose famous ....
We enjoy meeting people, those we know, and those we dont...
No skyscrapers, this is Budapest
The St Stephen's Church is the tallest building in the city. All other buildings have to conform to this.
The buildings have medieval architecture, its very good looking. Old Russian style buildings, make the place a tourist attraction.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Question time
Fellow bloggers and apathy, do they have time for cyber activism. They think that some bloggers write bad stuff and if they are censored, whats the big deal? But when you have international attention, they get interested.
What can other bloggers do to help, first support, especially mainstream media and the internet.
What can other bloggers do to help, first support, especially mainstream media and the internet.
Don't block the blog!- Pakistan (Awab Alvi)
Awab is a dentist from Pakistan, you may wonder what he is doing in blogging, and he will say, he leads by example.
Blogspot ban-drawmuhammadweek.blogspot.com was the blog that led to a blanket ban on all blogspot bans.
Pakistan has an aggregator now, an attempt to help people read blogs in a more effective way. www.pkblogs.com helped where bogspot had failed.
Google also changed the Blogspot IPs which helped with the ban, because people were able to access blogs again.
Musharraf was given the middle finger salute for his efforts (laugh)...hahhahhoo
He wanted Pakistanis not to hear any truth, see or read, he was determined to block everyone.
Sms was used to blog especially after Bhutto assassination and the first days of martial law. pklongmarch.blogspot.com was used for email and sms blogging.
If the number is compromised, one can be tracked down and blocked, so its still a challenge.
Blogspot ban-drawmuhammadweek.blogspot.com was the blog that led to a blanket ban on all blogspot bans.
Pakistan has an aggregator now, an attempt to help people read blogs in a more effective way. www.pkblogs.com helped where bogspot had failed.
Google also changed the Blogspot IPs which helped with the ban, because people were able to access blogs again.
Musharraf was given the middle finger salute for his efforts (laugh)...hahhahhoo
He wanted Pakistanis not to hear any truth, see or read, he was determined to block everyone.
Sms was used to blog especially after Bhutto assassination and the first days of martial law. pklongmarch.blogspot.com was used for email and sms blogging.
If the number is compromised, one can be tracked down and blocked, so its still a challenge.
Censorship in Japan- Chris Salzburg
Net bullying, mobile phone content is restricted in Japan.
This guy who killed people in Akihabara shopping mall confessed online that he was going to killing people. Now the ISP can give the IP address to the police, now that people have come up with phony threats.
Filtering by the ministry to protect children from all harmful stuff on the internet. A survey found that 67.8 support internet regulation and 76 % said they support filtering.
Others say regulation/censorship will stop innovation and Japan will be left behind by other countries, that the regulation was contradictory and the regulation process is not transparent.
The government loves to be told to filter the web. Web censorship means different things to different people, awareness is key.
Its funny the society is supporting the government on censorship. Thats Japan for you!
This guy who killed people in Akihabara shopping mall confessed online that he was going to killing people. Now the ISP can give the IP address to the police, now that people have come up with phony threats.
Filtering by the ministry to protect children from all harmful stuff on the internet. A survey found that 67.8 support internet regulation and 76 % said they support filtering.
Others say regulation/censorship will stop innovation and Japan will be left behind by other countries, that the regulation was contradictory and the regulation process is not transparent.
The government loves to be told to filter the web. Web censorship means different things to different people, awareness is key.
Its funny the society is supporting the government on censorship. Thats Japan for you!
Using the courts to censor in Egypt--Alaa Abdel
The Kenyan courts may not know what is blogging and how it relates to defamation but Egypt has a different story.
They do not filter the internet using firewalls but they torture blogs and use the courts to jail. They create an atmosphere of fear, beat you up so that you can reveal your facebook, blogger or you tube account.
www.tortureinegypt.net covers torture in Egypt and tags the posts with the names of the police officers, and raises the stakes. When you go to court, the evidence is there, which means the same courts will also be used to block the blogger.
A lady blogger had to lose her job, after efforts from her family to stop her from blogging failed. She stood up to her father, which meant she lost a place to stay. Now she works at a radical newspaper/site.
Libel laws in Egypt were designed to protect the system, its criminal and the onus is on the blogger to prove.
for instance, a blogger blogs about a company dumping waste into a public water space. elhakika.blogspot.com was blogging about the environmental effects and was sued for libel.
The laws require the blogger to prove the company is emptying waste into the lake, if you prove 3 out of 4 allegations, you still go to jail for failing to prove one allegation.
In other jurisdictions, the onus would have been on the company to prove that its not emptying waste to the lake. The company would have to prove its clean.
The upshot- use of fear and courts to silence bloggers.
But are bloggers above the law. Should they be supported whether they make mistakes or not? Food for thought......
They do not filter the internet using firewalls but they torture blogs and use the courts to jail. They create an atmosphere of fear, beat you up so that you can reveal your facebook, blogger or you tube account.
www.tortureinegypt.net covers torture in Egypt and tags the posts with the names of the police officers, and raises the stakes. When you go to court, the evidence is there, which means the same courts will also be used to block the blogger.
A lady blogger had to lose her job, after efforts from her family to stop her from blogging failed. She stood up to her father, which meant she lost a place to stay. Now she works at a radical newspaper/site.
Libel laws in Egypt were designed to protect the system, its criminal and the onus is on the blogger to prove.
for instance, a blogger blogs about a company dumping waste into a public water space. elhakika.blogspot.com was blogging about the environmental effects and was sued for libel.
The laws require the blogger to prove the company is emptying waste into the lake, if you prove 3 out of 4 allegations, you still go to jail for failing to prove one allegation.
In other jurisdictions, the onus would have been on the company to prove that its not emptying waste to the lake. The company would have to prove its clean.
The upshot- use of fear and courts to silence bloggers.
But are bloggers above the law. Should they be supported whether they make mistakes or not? Food for thought......
Torture, cat and mouse game
Sami Ben Gharbia shows a video about torture and police violence in Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. It represents so many African countries, it has become acceptable and its now wished away. of course the police deny.
The mainstream media denies existence of the incidences but the bloggers and you tube videos are changing repressive regimes.
It reminds me of the stories in Kenya's Mt Elgon area, the cat and mouse games games between the army, the Sabaot land defense forces and the residents. people have come out, stripped in public, showing torture marks, yet the government and the army denies, so who is fooling who?
Now that we have Googlemaps, youtube and other online services, the residents can provide such evidence online, now that its their word against that of the army.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission, instead of empty talk, should empower the residents with technology, to burst the bastards.
I wonder what the police and the army will say, if such videos stream online. Will they vilify the commission and anybody else castigating the army and torture of Mt Elgon residents.
We need to embarrass the security forces.
The mainstream media denies existence of the incidences but the bloggers and you tube videos are changing repressive regimes.
It reminds me of the stories in Kenya's Mt Elgon area, the cat and mouse games games between the army, the Sabaot land defense forces and the residents. people have come out, stripped in public, showing torture marks, yet the government and the army denies, so who is fooling who?
Now that we have Googlemaps, youtube and other online services, the residents can provide such evidence online, now that its their word against that of the army.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission, instead of empty talk, should empower the residents with technology, to burst the bastards.
I wonder what the police and the army will say, if such videos stream online. Will they vilify the commission and anybody else castigating the army and torture of Mt Elgon residents.
We need to embarrass the security forces.
By Ethan Zuckerman
Future
GV now translated to Malagasy, spoken in Madagascar.
Translation, lingua has incorporated many other languages.
GV advocacy, led by Sami Ben Ghabia from Tunisia. He leads the underground bloggers, how people can use online media to speak out, governments are also working hard to control what is coming out.
People doing stuff to protect online speech and the technical improvements to beat the tough firewalls.
GV now translated to Malagasy, spoken in Madagascar.
Translation, lingua has incorporated many other languages.
GV advocacy, led by Sami Ben Ghabia from Tunisia. He leads the underground bloggers, how people can use online media to speak out, governments are also working hard to control what is coming out.
People doing stuff to protect online speech and the technical improvements to beat the tough firewalls.
Global Voices summit By Rebecca MacKinnon
Intro by Rebecca MacKinnon
The desire to improve coverage of international news, increased research and the need to improve use of internet inspired Global Voices online.
From 2004, the group has grown and more continue to volunteer services.
from 2006, it has grown from just being a website to a forum against censorship, advocacy and community media, beyond the educated elite. Rising voices reaches to voices that may be underrepresented in the mainstream media.
The desire to improve coverage of international news, increased research and the need to improve use of internet inspired Global Voices online.
From 2004, the group has grown and more continue to volunteer services.
from 2006, it has grown from just being a website to a forum against censorship, advocacy and community media, beyond the educated elite. Rising voices reaches to voices that may be underrepresented in the mainstream media.
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