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#snubor at #sxswi: The Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights panel at South by Southwest

Mar 11, 2011

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Great discussion! Kudos to organizer Christina Gagnier, panelists Jack Lerner and Lisa Borodkin, and moderator Alex Howard (aka @digiphile). What next?Â You can vote for or against individual rights at the Social Network Usersâ€™ Bill of Rights site, and you can also vote for or against the entire bill via Twitter.Â My post here has…

What next for the Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights?

Mar 10, 2011

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jon

in political, privacy, social computing, Tales from the Net

A broadly-recognized social network usersâ€™ bill of rights will be a huge step forward for online freedom and privacy. For me, and hundreds of millions of others, sites like Facebook, Twitter, tribe.net, and free-association are how I stay in touch with friends and family. As Voces Contra Las FARC, Barack Obama, #iranelection, and hundreds of…

Showtime! Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in a Networked Society starts today!

Jun 15, 2010

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jon

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Should we have to give up our freedom and privacy in to reap the benefits of a constant connection to friends and information?Â How do we take advantage of the power of computers to improve freedom and privacy online and off? â€“ From the CFP 2010 Call for Participation Let’s find out, shall we? I’ve…

#iranelection and a sea of green on Twitter: at the forefront of social network activism

Dec 21, 2009

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jon

in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

â€œThe first step that I suggest as a solution is that we Iranians, no matter where we live in the world, strengthen the social ties among ourselves…. This is where the power of our social network resides.â€ — Mir Hussein Mousavi, quoted in Ehsan Moghaddasi’s The Green Moharram

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2010: why should people care?

Sep 8, 2009

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jon

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One of our goals for the 2010 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is to reach out to a broader and more diverse community.Â Our upcoming “save the date” announcement is the first good opportunity for this.Â Getting some attention on Twitter, blogs, and email lists can help raise awareness of “the best computer conference you’ve…

New strategies for fighting FISA and the PATRIOT Act

Jul 4, 2009

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

The notes from the “birds-of-a-feather” session I led at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy are written up on the CFP Wiki. Alas, we didn’t get the online aspects to work; still, we had a dozen people there in person, including Get FISA Right members Thomas Nephew and Chip Pitts. It was a great discussion. The opportunities…

Creating the future at #cfp09: showtime for privacy and civil liberties activsm!

Jun 1, 2009

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jon

in Personal, privacy, social computing, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

“Fight for me!” — a privacy-loving Facebook friend, wishing me luck at the conference Hereâ€™s our opportunity to realize the promise of the Net that was so present in 1990s when CFP started. — Deborah Pierce on the CFP blog The program for this year’s Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is outstanding even by CFP’s…

Twittering in the Trenches: a workshop on social networks at #cfp09

Jun 1, 2009

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jon

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Along with Deborah Pierce, Shireen Mitchell, and Ari Melber, I’m presenting n the Twittering in the trenches workshop today at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference. If all goes well, it’ll be streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cfp09 … and the Twitter hashtag is #cfp09. Deborah’s post on the CFP blog has some background.Â Check it out! I’ll be…

Creating the future: Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2009

Nov 20, 2008

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jon

in privacy, Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

From conference co-chairs Cindy Southworth and Jay Stanley’s Call for presentations, tutorials, and workshops: The 19th annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is now accepting proposals for panels, workshop sessions, and other events. CFP is the leading policy conference exploring the impact of the Internet, computers and communications technologies on society. It will be taking…

“9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration”

Apr 26, 2008

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jon

in Professional

On the CFP08 blog, Laura DeNardis of the Yale Internet and Society Project writes: To help shape public debate in this election year, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School recommends the following policy principles – The 9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration The principles include Privacy, Access, Network Neutrality, Transparency,…

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008: call for proposals is up!

Feb 27, 2008

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jon

in political, privacy, Professional, social computing, social sciences

From the CFP2008 web page: This election year will be the first to address US technology policy in the information age as part of our national debate. Candidates have put forth positions about technology policy and have recognized that it has its own set of economic, political, and social concerns. In the areas of privacy,…

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