Wondering exactly how the Burmese government sent down the country's whole Internet structure? Then check out this new report from the OpenNet Initiative, available for download here.
My friend Angelo Embuldeniya just told me that Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese dissident, is on Facebook. Is it possibly a fraud? Sure. (I friended her anyway.) I guess my question is, assuming this is legitimate, how will she use Facebook? To protect herself by raising awareness of her ... Leer más
image from a terror-promoting web site celebrating the attack in Kenya in 1998 I'm wary of even discussing this topic. I need to begin by saying that this post in no way advocates terrorism or violence of any kind. Terrorism and war and hatred make me sick and sad. Rather, ... Leer más
Columnist Thomas Friedman is worried about the politics of the Internet generation. He wrote the following in the New York Times on Wednesday in an editorial entitled "Generation Q." I just spent the past week visiting several colleges...and I can report that the more I am around this generation of ... Leer más
The exile site Irrawaddy.com posted these images e-mailed from those still in Burma I wish I had more time and knowledge to devote to the shutting down of the Internet and phone lines in Burma (Myanmar). As the New York Times reports, until last Friday, text messages, cell phone and ... Leer más