Columbia j-school staff: WikiLeaks prosecution ‘will set a dangerous precedent’
Romenesko Misc. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty and officers tell President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder that “while we hold varying opinions of Wikileaks’ methods and decisions, we all believe that in publishing diplomatic cables Wikileaks is engaging in journalistic activity protected by the First Amendment” and that “as a historical matter, government overreaction to publication of leaked material in the press has always been more damaging to American democracy than the leaks themselves.” President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Attorney General Eric Holder U.S. December 13, 2010 Dear Mr. Journalists have a responsibility to exercise careful news judgment when classified documents are involved, including assessing whether a document is legitimately confidential and whether there may be harm from its publication. We urge you to pursue a course of prudent restraint in the Wikileaks matter. Respectfully,
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Ethan Zuckerman Public Spaces, Private Infrastructure –
Posted by Ethan on Oct 1st, 2010 in Human Rights, ideas, Media | 4 comments I’m speaking at the Open Video Conference in New York City today on a panel with noted Indian legal activist, Lawrence Liang. The panel is titled “Public Spaces, Private Infrastructure”, and we’re going to talk about the challenges that come from hosting the “networked public sphere” on platforms owned by private, for-profit companies. Here’s what I’m planning on putting forward to open the conversation. Wael Abbas is one of the leading lights of independent media in Egypt. Much of the focus on Abbas’s work is on exposing police brutality in Egypt. Needless to say, a lot of Egyptians in power would like Abbas to shut up. Abbas hosts his blog with Paris-based bloghosting site Blogspirit and maintains a channel on YouTube – the videos embedded on his site are served from YouTube’s servers. YouTube and the human rights community both learned some useful lessons from this encounter. So what should Wael Abbas do?
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Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere
September 2010 Authored by Jillian C. York, with contributions from Robert Faris and Ron Deibert, and editorial assistance from Rebekah Heacock Online conversations today exist primarily in the realm of social media and blogging platforms, most of which are owned by private companies. Such privately owned platforms now occupy a significant role in the public sphere, as places in which ideas and information are exchanged and debated by people from every corner of the world. But as private companies increasingly take on roles in the public sphere, the rules users must follow become increasingly complex. At the same time, companies set their own standards, which often means navigating tricky terrain; companies want to keep users happy but must also operate within a viable business model, all the while working to keep their services available in as many countries as possible by avoiding government censorship. The Internet can be a powerful public venue for free expression.
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Networks and Hierarchies: A Typology of Digital Activism Today
We're pleased to publish this guest post by Mary Joyce, the founder of the Meta-Activism Project, which is studying the many permutations of digital activism today. The editors. A few weeks ago, powerful corporations like Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal weren't very concerned with the hacktivists and pranksters on 4chan. Now, thanks to the tactical success of Operation Payback's DDoS attacks, they are. The U.S. government also has its own problems with networked activists. These are but two recent examples of how decentralized digital networks can have dramatic effects on centralized hierarchies. Positive 1) Deputies: Hierarchy sets agenda, network follows (maximum hierarchical control) Examples: Guardian crowdsources audit of MP expenses, Obama campaign coordinates supporter house parties through My.BarackObama.com Negative 5) Pirates: Content created by hierarchy, taken by network Examples: Napster, Pirate Bay, BitTorrent, online news scrapers, Wikileaks
#Niemanleaks on Thursday: After WikiLeaks, a flood of new questions
While WikiLeaks’ recent document dumps have answered questions large and small (How many civilians have been killed in Iraq? Does Muammar al-Gaddafi prefer blondes or brunettes?), the organization’s controversial brand of journalism has raised a lot more questions that scholars, working journalists and legal systems around the world are just now beginning to tackle. The Nieman Foundation is hosting “From Watergate to WikiLeaks: Secrecy and Journalism in the New Media Age,” at which speakers ranging from The New York Times’ executive editor Bill Keller to The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus will offer their insight into how the rules are changing. Here are a few of the questions we’ve seen raised, and where you might begin to figure out some answers tomorrow. Is WikiLeaks journalism? Check out the 2:30 p.m. What should we make on all the legal and political pressure being put on WikiLeaks and other news organizations? For a more local perspective, head to “Whither the Gatekeeper?
