Tag: free speech

Posted in privacy

About the chilling effect of communication surveillance on free speech (a letter from the President of the USA)

A French version of this post has been featured in Slate, La Libre Belgique, and Yahoo News. “I owe you… read more About the chilling effect of communication surveillance on free speech (a letter from the President of the USA)

Posted in social capital social networks

Some modest remarks on the role of citizen lobbying in defeating #SOPA

SOPA: an iniquitous piece of legislation defeated by a 7 million-strong Google petition and a spectacular 24-hour blackout… But what is the role of lobbying in this story ?