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National Information Policy: Obama continuing Bush's domestic spying policies???
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Obama continuing Bush's domestic spying policies? The Bush presidency appears to be the gift that keeps on giving. Just when we think we've heard the worst, someone like Wayne Madsen comes along and tells us that there is more.from the Obama Administration. Madsen, a political journalist,. Because it all works so wonderfully! Seriously. That's the reason according to NSA insiders. Furthermore, this stuff might actually still be going on. Are we to believe this? I started out ...
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National Information Policy: December 2009
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Saturday, December 5, 2009. October brought the annual Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders. The index is compiled every year with input from journalists and media outlets around the world. The report includes information about how the index was compiled, along with the questionnaire which was used by journalists and media outlets. Does the position of any country surprise you? Labels: Access to Information. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Obama continuing Bush's domestic spying policies?
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National Information Policy: Reporters Sans Frontieres
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Saturday, December 5, 2009. October brought the annual Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders. The index is compiled every year with input from journalists and media outlets around the world. The report includes information about how the index was compiled, along with the questionnaire which was used by journalists and media outlets. Does the position of any country surprise you? Labels: Access to Information. January 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Information Po...
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National Information Policy: We Want YOU To Care About National Information Policy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009. We Want YOU To Care About National Information Policy. What is National Information Policy and why should I care? So as librarians, how do we promote democracy? So what is National Information Policy anyway? Well folks,here is a little tidbit from UNESCO. National Information Policies, including considerations of informatics and telematics, are the key to coping with the challenges of the Information Society. There has to be a complete re-examination of traditional informat...
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National Information Policy: International Internet . . .or not?
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Saturday, November 7, 2009. International Internet . . .or not? Since the dawn of the internet,domain names have been dominated by Latin characters. This has severely restricted internet accessibility to those that are not familiar with and did not know how to convert their domain names into Latin characters. Recently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN. How will this affect people that do not speak Russian, Chinese, and Arabic, and do not have keyboards with these characters?
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National Information Policy: Censorship Culture in Singapore
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Monday, November 23, 2009. Censorship Culture in Singapore. Newer books were just benign - it was censorship through selection. Rather than having photography books on the shelf that might have significant historical images that involved nudity that they'd then have to remove, the library only ordered books that couldn't possibly been seen as objectionable - like 'Extreme Sports Photography! James Gomez's book, Self-Censorship:Singapore's Shame. Leaves the door to restriction of freedoms wide open. Some ...
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National Information Policy: What Do You Know About Net Neutrality?
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Friday, November 6, 2009. What Do You Know About Net Neutrality? Http:/ www.fcc.gov/openmeetings/ocm-09-29-2009.html#full. Reardon, M. (2009) Amazon, Facebook, and Google back FCC on Net Neutrality. www.news.cnet.com. Singel, R. (2009) FCC Backs Net Neutrality-And Then Some www.wired.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What you seek lies within. Censorship Culture in Singapore. We Want YOU To Care About National Information Pol. International Internet . . .or not? Democracy on the Internet?
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National Information Policy: Democracy on the Internet?
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Friday, November 6, 2009. Democracy on the Internet? We all love Democracy right? Its one of those things you love without fully understanding what it is, like freedom or hot dogs. So what does it mean when the Council of Europe starts calling for more democracy on the web? This week the Council of Europe will be holding the 2009 Internet Governance Forum. What does this mean? Are we voting on internet content? But will the internet become intrinsically linked to our understanding of democracy? Labels: A...