A critique of Global Voices


h1 Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago terribly early in the morning by oso

It’s not very hard to convince people - friends, family, strangers - that Global Voices is amazing and deserving of their support. In fact, not once have I described what I do for a living to anyone and heard the reaction, ‘well, that sounds kinda lame.’ No, it’s always met with boundless enthusiasm.
This is a [...]

[Translation] Listen to the world in order to improve it


h1 Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago terribly early in the morning by oso

Before I attempt my own thoughts and reflections about this year’s Global Voices Summit in Budapest, let me first start by translating a beautiful article by the dauntingly prolific Rosa Jiménez Cano, a great journalist, but even a better blogger.
Listen to the world to better it
Web 2.0 is recognized as a tool of cultural cohesion
The [...]

Citizen Media and Online Free Speech


h1 Posted 2 months ago in the late evening by oso

Originally published on the Global Voices Summit blog.
While the first session of the 2008 Global Voices Summit focused on how internet censorship works in Belarus, Japan, Egypt, and Pakistan, and how activists have responded to those limitations, the second session was specifically focused on how censorship affects bloggers and citizen media. It was liveblogged by [...]