There is a clear and present danger to our digital life. There is fear and uncertainty with RFID. There is an increasing dichotomy with regard to intellectual property. There are unconquered problems of cybercrime and unanswered questions on network neutrality and Internet Rights.
Clay Shirky: How Cellphones, Twitter, facebook Can Make History
June 17, 2009 By 15 Comments
Given yesterday, we were talking about how the Internet ought to be a human right, how lately twitter has been buzzing with Iranian elections and how Filipinos have been using Facebook and Twitter to get our point of view across, this tedtalk by Clay Shirky asks a very important question: “How can we best make [...]
The Internet ought to be a Human Right
June 16, 2009 By 41 Comments
The world is at a crossroad. Increasingly, (most especially in the last six months alone) we’ve seen an explosion of how the Internet has become a vector to spread information that governments prefer to be suppressed or mainstream media deem unworthy to be aired. Social Networks— particularly Facebook and Twitter have become a communications platform [...]
My Right to Reply to the Idiotic House Bill 3306
June 1, 2009 By 12 Comments
Congressmen and Senators, regarding House Bill 3306, your premise is incorrect. There is no need for House Bill 3306. I will try to write this in English as simple as I could muster, so you may understand: The spirit of the bill says “gives the accused the right to respond to in Mass Media”. Isn’t [...]
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