Adopted Copyright Directive draft envisions “upload filters”

On 12 September, the European Parliament adopted changes to the draft Copyright Directive, which is a huge overturn of the Parliament’s previous position on the text which did not pass the vote in ...
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Regulatory challenges of zero rating

Over the past few years, zero rating as a growing trend has become a popular business model for mobile service providers. Briefly, zero rating represents the practice of mobile service providers ...
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In Europe, internet died

by: oli Author: Domen Savič, an internet freedom activist from Slovenia See more at: http://www.e-demokracija.si/cryptoparty/ Compared to the digital market in the US, the actors in ...
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MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING POLITICAL INFORMATION WARFARE PART 1 : PROPAGANDA, DOMINATION & ATTACKS ON ONLINE MEDIA

”Throughout the history communication and information have been fundamental sources of power and counter-power, of domination and social change.This is because the fundamental battle being fought ...
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MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING POLITICAL INFORMATION WARFARE PART 2 : SOCIAL MEDIA BATTLEFIELD, ARRESTS and DETENTIONS

PART 2 : INDEX SOCIAL MEDIA WARS : THE GAME OF TROLL MAPPING THE TWITTER BATTLEFIELD CASE OF ARTIFICIAL POLITICAL HASH AGENTS ON TWITTER POLITICAL BUBBLES WITHIN FACEBOOK AQUARIUM ARRESTS AND ...
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Social media as editors of public sphere: YouTube vs. Ombudsman

When a popular Norwegian writer got suspended from Facebook in early September, on account of “child nudity”, the matter escalated into an international incident. Norway's largest printed ...
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EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE INTERNETS AND UNUSUAL FORMS OF NETWORKING IN HAVANA

ccording to ITU there are 8,157 fixed Internet broadband connections (0,007%), on 11 million Cuban citizens , mostly reserved for government institutions and extremely privileged individuals. The ...
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Invisible Infrastructures : Data Flow

n the previous story we explored the exciting life of our hero – one small Internet packet, but in order to create a wider picture of the data flow and map key locations and actors we conducted a ...
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Invisible Infrastructures: Understanding Autonomous Systems

he Internet in its essence is not what most people perceive when online. It is an abstract space which gives limitless opportunities, but basically it consists of hardware, millions of servers, ...
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Invisible Infrastructures : Internet Map of Serbia

or thousands of years maps have been the essential tools to help human mankind to define, explain, and navigate their way through the world. Topology maps of the Internet are an important tool for ...
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