Slacktivism is a widely used term to describe acts of online activism that are deemed lazy and ineffective. Meta-Activism Project founder Mary Joyce argues that the slacktivism label is problematic and should be replaced with less derogatory terms like micro-activism or digital action.
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Posted in: Health, Media & Arts, Middle East
Topics: digital activism, Egypt, Facebook, health media, Internet, Khaled Said, Mary Joyce, Meta-Activism Project, slacktivism
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Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! have taken an important step by undergoing independent assessments of their commitments to the freedom of expression and privacy rights of their users.
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Writer Dominic J. Taylor discusses his new play, which aims to do justice to the stories of young people who have been routinely targeted, harassed, and humiliated by police.
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For much of its history, the European Court of Human Rights has refused to recognize a general right of access to state-held information, which is not explicitly provided for in the court’s treaty. But a recent judgement shows signs of change.
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One of Livio Mancini's photographs was taken out of context by a Swiss magazine and used to incite fear and hatred of Roma. Here, he shows us the rest of the story.
Posted in: Europe, Media & Arts, Rights & Justice
Topics: Die Weltwoche, discrimination, documentary photography, Kosovo, Livio Mancini, photography, Roma, switzerland, xenophobia
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More than 10 million Roma live in Europe and I am one of them. The prejudice against us goes back centuries. Racial incitement against the Roma, like the sensationalist cover photo by a Swiss magazine, is not a harmless, victimless misdeed.
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The documentary photography exhibit <em>BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies</em> tells the story of the beautiful jewels that are a source of great wealth for a country where most people live in poverty.
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Poland's massive protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement highlighted the economic and political exclusion of young people and increasing anger toward government restrictions on a free and open Internet.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, data mining, data retention, Europe, European Commission, European Union, intellectual property rights, Katarzyna Szymielwicz, online surveillance, Panoptykon Foundation, Paweł Zalewski, PIPA, Poland, Protect IP Act, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act
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Joyce Ho is the inaugural Stanford-NBC News Global Health Media Fellow, which is partially funded by the Open Society Foundations. In this blog post, she shares media tips for health advocates based on her experience working with producers at NBC News.
Posted in: Health, Media & Arts, United States
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The discussions following the 2007 cyberattacks in Estonia should serve as a model for conversations relating to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement's impact on Internet freedom and intellectual property now that ratification is on hold in the EU.
Posted in: Europe, Media & Arts
Topics: ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, cyber attacks, cyber security, cyber war, E-stonia, Estonia, European Commission, information war, intellectual property, internet freedom, press freedom, propaganda war, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization
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