Eco Rama » Free Speech http://eco-rama.net Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:41:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Inventive censorship, and the case for anonymity http://eco-rama.net/inventive-censorship-and-the-case-for-anonymity-2/ http://eco-rama.net/inventive-censorship-and-the-case-for-anonymity-2/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:45:46 +0000 Ramana Reddy March 23RdBrazil got used to being recognized for its Internet savvy and large population of early web-adopters. Nevertheless, or maybe exactly because of that, the country is rapidly becoming a haven for novel and inventive models and tactics of Internet censorship. March 23Rd March 23Rd A quick search on brazil + censorship in Global Voices returns [...]]]> Brazil got used to being recognized for its Internet savvy and large population of early web-adopters. Nevertheless, or maybe exactly because of that, the country is rapidly becoming a haven for novel and inventive models and tactics of Internet censorship.

March 23Rd

March 23Rd
March 23Rd

A quick search on brazil + censorship in Global Voices returns a bunch of scary titles posted just in the last 6 months: Dismissal of Brazilian Blogger: Censorship or Just Business? (March 23rd), Bloggers united against WordPress ban (April 12th), First blog falls victim to electoral law (June 1st), Blogging Against Web-Censorship (June 19th), Bloggers question the 13 new cyber-crimes (July 17th), Electoral censorship at work (July 22nd).

This time, the weird news sprouts from the state of Minas Gerais, where governor Acio Neves is carefully preparing himself to run as presidential candidate in 2010, when Lula leaves office. In the midst of country-wide municipal elections, the opposing online journal Novo Jornal was taken down by state level prosecutors the Public Ministry on (refuted) charges of anonymity.

Truth is that the Brazilian Constitution sets up an unusually twisted situation, especially for online speech: free expression of thought is assured in the same paragraph where anonymity is formally forbidden. Still, the seizure of Novo Jornal is calling the attention of the blogosphere for the inventive strategy of using state level prosecutors and cybercrime allegations to immediately take down an informative website without the proper legal process. Blogs are also pointing out the fact that the mainstream media has been silent about the case in what has started to appear as a pattern when it comes to negative coverage on Acio Neves.

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Weird News

Weird News
Weird News

A quick search on brazil + censorship in Global Voices returns a bunch of scary titles posted just in the last 6 months: Dismissal of Brazilian Blogger: Censorship or Just Business? (March 23rd), Bloggers united against WordPress ban (April 12th), First blog falls victim to electoral law (June 1st), Blogging Against Web-Censorship (June 19th), Bloggers question the 13 new cyber-crimes (July 17th), Electoral censorship at work (July 22nd).

This time, the weird news sprouts from the state of Minas Gerais, where governor Acio Neves is carefully preparing himself to run as presidential candidate in 2010, when Lula leaves office. In the midst of country-wide municipal elections, the opposing online journal Novo Jornal was taken down by state level prosecutors the Public Ministry on (refuted) charges of anonymity.

Truth is that the Brazilian Constitution sets up an unusually twisted situation, especially for online speech: free expression of thought is assured in the same paragraph where anonymity is formally forbidden. Still, the seizure of Novo Jornal is calling the attention of the blogosphere for the inventive strategy of using state level prosecutors and cybercrime allegations to immediately take down an informative website without the proper legal process. Blogs are also pointing out the fact that the mainstream media has been silent about the case in what has started to appear as a pattern when it comes to negative coverage on Acio Neves.

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]]> http://eco-rama.net/inventive-censorship-and-the-case-for-anonymity/feed/ 0 In Budapest for the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008 http://eco-rama.net/in-budapest-for-the-global-voices-citizen-media-summit-2008/ http://eco-rama.net/in-budapest-for-the-global-voices-citizen-media-summit-2008/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:18:00 +0000 Vijay Kant Beautiful PeopleBeautiful People Beautiful People Here I am in Budapest, interesting city, with beautiful people all around speaking a peculiar language. The whole environment exhales history, but the streets are full of young and interesting people who seem well tuned to the beat of the moment. I could sense many similarities with Brazilians. The Global Voices [...]]]> Beautiful People

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Beautiful People

Here I am in Budapest, interesting city, with beautiful people all around speaking a peculiar language. The whole environment exhales history, but the streets are full of young and interesting people who seem well tuned to the beat of the moment. I could sense many similarities with Brazilians.

The Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008, which gathers managers, editors, authors, Lingua sites coordinators, collaborators and other fellow communities that somehow are linked to the Global Voices Online project, is happening here.

As I arrived here, I thought it might be important to mention some aspects of my relationship with GVO something Ive never described before. With many simultaneous projects on my plate, it is difficult to properly document the interconnections of what Ive been developing and implementing, especially when it comes to the cross-layering where aspects of one project contribute to other ones.

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