Guest: Regina Costa, TURN
Host: Tracy Rosenberg
Subject: Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet
Category Archives: Internet Freedom
Digital inclusion and who controls the Internet
Media News – SF Public Access – Nathan James
Subject: One Web Day , Guest: Nathan James
Digital Infrastructure: By the Community, For the Community by Eloise Lee
Printed in Race, Poverty and the Environment
Just because technology is in place doesn’t necessarily mean people will find value in it,” states Dr. Faye McNair-Knox, executive director of One East Palo Alto—an organizational member of the East Palo Alto Digital Village Program. “Working alongside groups who provide essential services to local residents has helped us to partner with individuals who have not participated to become familiar with the technology and develop their own value for it. You really have to build that whole base of value within a community for people to access technology.” Continue reading Digital Infrastructure: By the Community, For the Community by Eloise Lee
Road Trip
Posted by Tracy Rosenberg on April 20 2010
MA teamed with the LA Media Reform group to travel down to Orange County and the Inland Empire and speak to Dems who aren’t supporting net neutrality.
Using the 3rd Annual LA Media Justice Summit as our organizing platform, a week later on April 6th, a team of intrepid media reformers went out to visit Representative Joe Baca- San Bernardino and Representative Loretta Sanchez-Garden Grove to say net neutrality now.
The visits were good conversations and left us hopeful that our Internet future may be bright.
If we’ve inspired *you* to pay a visit to your representatives and make sure they are on board with net neutrality: here’s a handy guide to legislative visits:
Insurrection at the e-G8
An unofficial press conference at the e-G8 featured Jeremie Zimmerman, La Quadrature du Net – Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, Susan Crawford, jean-Francois Julliard, Reporters Without Borders and Yochai Benkler from the Berkman Center.
Watch the video below.
Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond
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In DC, an important hearing on the international administration of the Internet. Check out the video. Continue reading Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond
New Toolkit Makes Digital Inclusion Advocacy Easier
The movement for affordable broadband access is growing. Media Alliance’s “Digital Inclusion Advocacy Toolkit: Bridging the Digital Divide by Winning Community Benefits in Municipal Broadband Projects” provides useful information for community members who want to advance digital inclusion in their neighborhoods. A resource directory and a comprehensive glossary of terms makes this a must-read for everyone.
Xinjiang residents cope with losing Net access
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They arrive at this gritty desert crossroads weary from a 13-hour train ride but determined. The promised land lies just across the railway station plaza: a large, white sign that says “Easy Connection Internet Cafe.” Continue reading Xinjiang residents cope with losing Net access