organisation > Harvard Law School's Berkman Centre for Internet
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Unlike the town square, social media sites are privately owned and have rights over content that is posted.
Opinion
Last Modified: 01 Jun 2011 16:12 GMT
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In the absence of reliable and impartial mainstream media, citizen journalism steps in to fill the void.
Opinion
Last Modified: 26 May 2011 16:38 GMT
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The Internet acts like a new global commons, but crucial platforms are privately owned and subject to corporate rules.
Opinion
Last Modified: 17 Apr 2011 11:40 GMT
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Technology companies based in the West are producing the tools to censor content in the Arab world.
Opinion
Last Modified: 29 Mar 2011 15:25 GMT
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Dissidents using Facebook and Twitter have been traced and arrested by authoritarian governments.
Jillian C. York
Opinion
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2011 08:58 GMT
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Some wonder if Syria's decision to allow access to facebook and blog sites is just a new way to track activists.
Jillian York
Opinion
Last Modified: 12 Feb 2011 13:09 GMT
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The mainstream media denounces crackdowns on Iranian bloggers, yet ignores attacks on activists in Tunisia.
Jillian York
Opinion
Last Modified: 09 Jan 2011 13:39 GMT
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Commercial and political concerns may have led Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to beat WikiLeaks' Julian Assange.
Opinion
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2010 10:58 GMT
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Internet service providers are cutting access to the whistleblower site, raising broader concerns about online freedom.
Jillian York
Opinion
Last Modified: 08 Dec 2010 08:07 GMT
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The internet has been lauded by Nobel Peace prize-winning Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo as "God's gift to China".
Features
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2010 12:50 GMT
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