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Soundbite: Angry Birds boss embraces remix culture –‘piracy’ good for business
“We could learn a lot from the music industry, and the rather terrible ways the music industry has tried to combat piracy”…. Rovio sees it as “futile” to pursue pirates through the courts, except in...
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Soundbite: anti-terror legislation threatening UK and EU press freedom
Legislative bodies at both the national and EU level need to ensure… that press freedom is ‘mainstreamed’ across all initiatives so that advances in one field are not undermined by developments in...
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Ripples of Revolution 2.0: Anonymity, pseudonimity and civic dialogue
A few weeks ago I saw Wael Ghonim at LSE speak about his new book Revolution 2.0. I found the talk most enjoyable – his authenticity and passion were a pleasure to listen to. The discussion afterwards...
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Soundbite: Facebook talk pseudonyms – but demand official documentation for...
some [Facebook] users with many subscribers will be notified through their profile of the option to verify their identity… There’s no way to volunteer to be verified, you have to be chosen. These users...
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Bye bye Facebook for Android
I’m uninstalling my Facebook for Android app today. Three main reasons: It continually tells me I have new messages I already read It is always running however often I use my app killer to shut the...
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Soundbite: Hypothes.is explores pseudonimity, personas and reputation
People with enough privileges don’t have to worry about their public identities and reputations, but marginalized or vulnerable people around the world face real danger for speaking out online. They...
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Soundbite: learning to live and present a life that is “likeable”
Simply, I have been trained to see the world in terms of what I can post to the Internet. I’ve learned to live and present a life that is “likeable” … The tail of Facebook documentation has come to wag...
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Balancing privacy and transparency: A best practice data dealer’s recipe card
Last weekend I took part in a Cambridge Festival of Ideas panel discussion on whether we are being ‘sold online’ alongside Michal Kosinski of Cambridge University, Professor Bill Dutton of the Oxford...
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Soundbite: Women face ‘dishonour’ cyber-attacks
Authoritarian governments are increasingly aiming to control images and control information getting out of their countries. One of the strategies they use are cyber assaults and this is when they focus...
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PositionDial is anonymous
PositionDial is anonymous – if you want it to be. Last night I attended an excellent event hosted by Involve at the University of Westminster – entitled ‘Technology and Democratic Participation –...
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