Some Thoughts on What Social Media Can – and Can’t – Accomplish There aren’t many things one can rely on these days. One of the few is finding something thoughtful, or provocative, or just plain interesting in Foreign Policy magazine. Now, before you discount this as little more than a plug from one journalist to […]
The Fight to Free the Net
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 3:03 pm (UTC-4)
Who’s Best Equipped for the Battle? Max Shulman over at the New Republic starts his most recent magazine article with something of a window-rattler: “The State Department’s Shameful Record on Internet Freedom.” For some time now, under the leadership of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the U.S. State Department has made access to a free […]
Back For More Lulz?
Posted July 22nd, 2011 at 8:02 pm (UTC-4)
And Spreading Malware Hits Big and Small Alike Periodically we like to share a few of the stories and posts from across the web that caught our eye. There are no editorial threads implied connecting these items together, other than being interesting. #1: LulzSec vs. NewsCorp: After very publicly disbanding just a few weeks ago, […]
While We’re Away
Posted July 7th, 2011 at 6:06 pm (UTC-4)
Digital Frontiers editor Doug Bernard is off this week, but while he’s away, we’d like to highlight several stories elsewhere on voanews.com. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama went where no U.S. president has gone before, by holding his first-ever “Town Hall” meeting using the social media network Twitter. The cyberspace event focused on the U.S. […]
Turkey Battles the Internet
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 2:07 pm (UTC-4)
Dorian Jones | Istanbul The Turkish government wants to take more control of the Internet – and if recent events are a guide, it’s ready to battle to do just that. The government recently arrested 32 people accused of attacking state websites. Concerns are growing over Internet freedom in Turkey as the government proposes rules […]
UPDATE: Syria Cuts The Internet
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 2:02 pm (UTC-4)
Why Nations Block The Web, And What May Follow UPDATE: 1500 hours UTC Friday: Earlier we posted about the near flat-lining of Internet traffic within Syria, wondering whether Damascus was adopting a tactic tried earlier this year by Egypt. As detailed earlier this year, Egyptian authorities squeezed the Border Gateway Protocols – the road maps […]
On Our Site
Posted April 27th, 2011 at 5:04 pm (UTC-4)
Digital Frontiers’ Doug Bernard is out of the office at the moment, but DF would like to draw your attention to a few stories elsewhere on voanews.com. The first is from Dorian Jones in Istanbul, and this story describes a web trend in Turkey: Turkey already bans more websites than any other European country. Now […]
Leaping Over the Censors
Posted April 13th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-4)
JulieAnn McKellogg | Washington While it’s hard to generalize across the nations, it seems apparent the Internet and digital networks continue to play a serious role in helping pro-democracy activists organize and communicate. This, despite efforts by a growing number of governments to limit, censor, or totally block portions of the web. This week the […]
Russians Battle Over Internet Freedom – UPDATE
Posted April 11th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-4)
UPDATE: 19 hours UTC Monday – Author and cyber-security expert Jeffrey Carr reports on his blog “Digital Dao” that lists of the sites attacked, and the botnets employed, are now being released. Additionally, he reports suspicions are now turning to a group known as “the Nashi.” Who are the Nashi? Carr writes: “The Nashi was […]
