The infamous cute cats talk, as delivered at the Ford Foundation in November 2008. The basic idea - banal uses of web2.0 tools help create a space for activist uses which might otherwise be censored or blocked.
31. freedomhouse.org
MAP OF PRESS FREEDOM 2006
The Map of Press Freedom reflects the flow of news and information within In 2005, there were 1.11 billion people living in countries with free media,
and between 194 countries and territories. Universal criteria determine the representing 17 percent of the world’s population. There were 2.57 billion
judgments, starting with Article 19 of the United Nations’ Declaration of people living in countries with partly free media, representing 40 percent of
Human Rights. the world’s population. There were 2.79 billion people living in countries with 1995 2000 2005
not free media, representing 43 percent of the world’s population.
Criteria include: the legal environment in which the media operate; the degree 64 72 73
of independence of the news media from governmental ownership and Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes
influence; economic pressures on news content; and diverse violations of press freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 63 53 54
freedom from the murder of journalists to other extra-legal abuse and information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Article 19, Phone (202) 747-7000 Fax (202) 293-2840
harassment. Universal Declaration of Human Rights – UN General Assembly, 1948 60 62 67
www.freedomhouse.org 187 187 194
Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
33. PDF file of
Google Maps
PDF file
distributed by
distributed in
email
Bahrain
by email in
Bahrain
35. you can’t block PDFs without blocking commerce
who knew that google maps was an activist tool?
36. Hao Wu
Blogger, Filmmaker
Detained February 22, 2006
50. - over 100 million handsets
in sub-Saharan Africa
- 300 million handset in China
- 2.2 billion worldwide, rising to 3.3 billion in 2010
- 97% of Tanzanians say they can access a phone
56. quot;I love freedom of speech, human rights and democracy.quot;
quot;You must enter a title for your space. The title must not contain prohibited language,
such as profanity. Please type a different title.quot;
Content control on MSN Spaces
Chinese language edition
58. - he xie - “Harmonize” - sange daibio - “3 Represents”
- he xie - “River Crab” - dai sange bio - “Wears 3 watches”