tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88927089754405704262024-02-20T03:42:25.417-08:00CFP: Technology Policy '08CFP 2008 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017822697067093305noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-2258609650609952062009-01-09T23:37:00.000-08:002009-01-09T23:43:42.420-08:00New CFP09 submission deadline: January 23In keeping with CFP traditions, the submission deadline has once again been extended. From Cindy Southworth and Jay Stanley's email today:<br /><blockquote>We have received many exciting proposals for CFP 2009, however there have been numerous requests for a few more days to submit proposals. We are happy to announce that we are extending the deadline to FRIDAY, JAN. 23rd.<br /></blockquote>So, if you've been thinking about sending something in ... please do! The submission page is <a href="http://www.cfp2009.org/submissions/">here</a>.<br /><br />jon<br /><br />PS: Also in keeping with CFP traditions, there have been delays in setting up the software, and the CFP09 blog isn't yet available. Stay tuned ...jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-4948312294611400692008-12-15T12:24:00.001-08:002008-12-15T12:24:58.714-08:00Session ideasGot some ideas for sessions that you haven't turned into proposals yet? Please share them here!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-82295753839415420802008-12-15T10:44:00.000-08:002008-12-15T10:55:31.781-08:00Keynote speaker suggestions?CFP's keynotes are quite varied, including<br /><br />- politicians who's been fighting the good fight for civil liberties, for example <a href="http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200605/050306.html">Patrick Leahy in 2006</a><br />- significant policy addresses, for example <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Keynote_Address">Konstantinos Karachalios of the European Patent Office</a> in 2008 <br />- "big picture" thinkers, for example Clay Shirky's closing keynote from 2008 (video <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/video/Shirky052408.mov">here</a>, notes <a href="http://www.talesfromthe.net/jon/?p=152#comment-2361">here</a>)<br />- wry observers focused on the future, for example <a href="http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/301-350/00309_cfp_speech.html">Bruce Sterling in 2002</a><br /><br />Who to invite this year? Suggestions welcome!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-83600311594855929832008-12-15T10:42:00.000-08:002008-12-15T10:44:36.511-08:00New submission deadline: January 9The deadline for the <a href="http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Call_for_presentations%2C_tutorials%2C_and_workshops">CFP09 all for presentations, tutorials, and workshops</a> has been pushed back to January 9. We'll also be kicking off some threads on the blog to collect ideas for keynote speakers and session topics. Stay tuned!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-84904333789777320742008-11-20T21:42:00.000-08:002008-11-20T21:46:57.852-08:00Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2009: Call for participation<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/images/0/04/CFP_banner_645x258.jpg" alt="CFP logo" height="165" width="413" /></p><br />From conference co-chairs Cindy Southworth and Jay Stanley's <a href="http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Call_for_presentations%2C_tutorials%2C_and_workshops">Call for presentations, tutorials, and workshops</a>:<br /><blockquote>The 19th annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is now accepting proposals for panels, workshop sessions, and other events.<br /><br />CFP is the leading policy conference exploring the impact of the Internet, computers and communications technologies on society. It will be taking place in June 2009, just months into a brand new U.S. administration -- an exciting moment in history, as we look into the future and ask, "Where do we go from here?" For more than a decade, CFP has anticipated policy trends and issues and has shaped the public debate on the future of privacy and freedom in an ever more technology-filled world. CFP focuses on topics such as freedom of speech, privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, telecommunications, electronic democracy, digital rights and responsibilities, and the future of technologies and their implications.<br /><br />We are requesting proposals and ideas for panels, plenaries, debates, keynote speakers, and other sessions that will address these and related topics and how we can shape public policy and the public debate on these topics as we create the future.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Call_for_presentations%2C_tutorials%2C_and_workshops">More information, and a link to the submission form, here</a>.<br /><br />This year’s Computers Freedom and Privacy conference will be in Washington, DC, June 1-4, 2009. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8892708975440570426">Please join us!</a>jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-24235069426823441612008-06-02T07:08:00.000-07:002008-06-02T07:22:32.426-07:00Videos up on the conference web site -- and more coverageVideos of the <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/video/President052108_part1.mov">opening plenary session</a> (continued in <i><a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/video/President052108_part2.mov" class="external text" title="http://www.cfp2008.org/video/President052108_part2.mov" rel="nofollow">part 2)</a></i>, <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/video/BreakingSilence052408.mov"><span style="font-style: italic;">Breaking the Silence</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/video/Shirky052408.mov">Clay Shirky's closing keynote</a> are up on the conference web site. There's also an audio-only track of the opening session. Thanks to Brian Pauze of Yale Law School for the assistance -- and with luck, more AV will be coming over the next few weeks.<br /><br /><a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP_2008_coverage">Coverage of CFP</a> continued last week, most noticeably with <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/29/ST2008052900235.html" class="external text" title="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/05/29/ST2008052900235.html" rel="nofollow">For McCain, A Switch On Telecom Immunity?</a> by Jonathan Weisman and Ellen Nakashima in the <i>Washington Post</i>. This article wound up getting discussed both on <span style="font-style: italic;">Daily Kos</span> and on National Review Online's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Corner,</span> which published a <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGZhOWRkMmE5ZTcxYWI1ZjY0YjliYzM5ODU2OTc0MWM=">rebuttal from Doug Holtz-Eakin</a> of the McCain campaign. Please track <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP_2008_coverage">the wiki page</a> for updates -- and please add references if you see any!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-10199712690573277202008-05-27T10:46:00.000-07:002008-05-27T11:02:06.225-07:00On Slashdot!Julian Sanchez' ArsTechnica story on the opening plenary session is on Slashdot's front page as <a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/27/1546204">McCain vs. Obama on Tech Issues</a>, submitted by eldavojohn<br /><blockquote><br /><i>"Ars is running a brief article that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080527-mccain-and-obama-tech-policy-at-cfp.html">looks at stances from Chuck Fish of McCain's campaign and Daniel Weitzner from Obama's</a> in regards to technical issues that may cause us geeks to vote one way or the other. From openness vs. <a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/10/2220235&tid=225">bandwidth</a> in the <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/30/1826253&tid=215">net neutrality</a> issue to those pesky <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/16/2125236&tid=95">National Security Letters</a>, there's some key differences that just might play at least a small part in your vote. You may also remember our discussions on <a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/04/1423257&tid=225">who is best</a> <a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/04/1421245&tid=224">for geeks</a>."</i></blockquote><i></i>w00t, w00t!<br /><br />jon<br /><br />PS: please see the <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP_2008_coverage">CFP 2008 coverage page</a> on the wiki for other coverage of this and other panels.<br /><br />PS: To answer the obvious question that's already come up in the Slashdot thread: the Clinton campaign was invited to send a representative as well but couldn't make the scheduling work.jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-21439470332183312872008-05-26T10:54:00.000-07:002008-05-26T10:59:15.413-07:00CFP08 Feedback/CFP09 thoughts?Everybody knows that directly after a conference, while we're still recuperating and it's all fresh in our mind, is the best time to gather feedback and thoughts about next years' conference -- which is going to be in Washington DC in spring or summer 2008, specific date still TBD. <br /><br />Please use this thread for feedback, ideas of what you want to see more or less about, thoughts about topics and formats for workshops or tutorials, and anything else about the conference that crosses your mind.jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-10298100645180330702008-05-23T06:30:00.000-07:002008-05-24T07:29:58.093-07:00Signature thread for the open letter to the presidential candidatesThe first step of <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_08">Dear Potus 08</a> is an open letter from CFP attendees and our allies to the presidential candidates, asking for their help in sparking a national discussion.<br /><ul><li>If you'd like to make a short (150 words or less) statement as part of signing on, please use this thread. (You can also put your name down <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_prototype:_letter_from_CFP_attendees">on the wiki</a>, and we'll circulate some paper signature sheets at the conference on Friday.)<br /></li><li>Please use the <a href="http://cfp08.blogspot.com/2008/05/discussiondissent-thread-for-open.html">discussion and dissent</a> thread for additional discussion -- and if you choose not to sign on, please let us know why!<br /></li></ul><a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_prototype:_letter_from_CFP_attendees">Final draft</a>:<br /><br /><p style="text-align: right;">May 23, 2008 </p><p>Dear presidential candidates: </p><p>We call on your help to seize the momentous opportunity that the 2008 elections provide to spark a nationwide discussion on how information technologies (IT) and the knowledge economy impact traditional policy areas such as education, health care, social welfare, and civil liberties. </p><p>Our "Dear Potus 08" project is a series of web-based, interactive and open letters to the next President. This work, along with the accompanying broad dialog online and off, will cover topics that touch everybody in our nation, and in the process both engage and educate the public as well as industry and policymakers. </p><p>The topics we'll be discussing include </p> <ul><li> <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/index.php?title=Dear_Potus:_Creating_a_safer_Internet&action=edit" class="new" title="Dear Potus: Creating a safer Internet">Creating a safer Internet for children and adults</a> -- addressing such issues as cyberbullying, phishing, hacking, and cyberterrorism -- while also preserving freedom of speech and privacy </li><li> <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/index.php?title=Dear_Potus:_Reducing_identity_theft&action=edit" class="new" title="Dear Potus: Reducing identity theft">Reducing identity theft</a> by leading consumer protection initiatives, including education, best practices, and -- where appropriate -- regulation </li><li> <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/index.php?title=Dear_Potus:_copyright%2C_patents%2C_trademarks_and_alternatives&action=edit" class="new" title="Dear Potus: copyright, patents, trademarks and alternatives">The role of copyright, patents, trademarks and also alternatives to intellectual property</a> in fostering innovation and creativity in a peer-to-peer-based democratic culture </li><li> <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/index.php?title=Dear_Potus:_health_care_technologies&action=edit" class="new" title="Dear Potus: health care technologies">Using new technologies effectively to reduce health care costs and improve medical care and service</a> without compromising patient privacy and creating security risks </li><li> <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/index.php?title=Dear_Potus:_Enabling_access_to_technology_and_knowledge&action=edit" class="new" title="Dear Potus: Enabling access to technology and knowledge">Enabling access to technology and knowledge</a> for all Americans, investing in bridging the digital divide and considering accessibility, interoperability, technology education in and outside schools, and training in technological design and regulation </li><li> <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/index.php?title=Dear_Potus:_Protecting_privacy&action=edit" class="new" title="Dear Potus: Protecting privacy">Protecting privacy</a> via comprehensive U.S. privacy legislation based on fair information principles, applying to governmental and private surveillance and data collection, and how this should be harmonized internationally </li></ul> <p>The participatory open letter format, along with accompanying discussions in online and offline forums, allows citizens to engage in the political process in a more deliberative way. We hope to pave the way and refine the methods for ongoing interactive communications between the general public and our government in the new administration. This effort will also help people develop a shared national vocabulary while gaining a deeper understanding of the complexities and challenges of the role of technology in the issues and concerns of Americans. </p><p>If you think this is a valuable goal and interesting approach, you can assist us by highlighting the importance of these issues, and your positions, as you're campaigning. Just as importantly, please challenge the media -- "old" and "new" -- to cover the issues with the depth they deserve and the attention currently paid to the sound-bite and horse race aspects of the campaigns. </p><p>Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. We look forward to hearing what you and the technology policy experts in your campaign think of it. </p><p><br />Signed,</p><span style="font-style: italic;">see </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_prototype:_letter_from_CFP_attendees">the wiki page</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for the current signature list</span>jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-44446162376438067442008-05-23T06:15:00.000-07:002008-05-27T21:02:25.485-07:00Discussion/dissent thread for the open letter to the presidential candidatesThe first step of <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_08">Dear Potus 08</a> is an open letter from CFP attendees and our allies to the presidential candidates, asking for their help in sparking a national discussion. The current version of the letter is <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_prototype:_letter_from_CFP_attendees">here</a>.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><blockquote></blockquote>Update, May 27: </span>see the press coverage by Elise Ackerman <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9368515">in the <span style="font-style: italic;">San Jose Mercury News</span></a><br /><br />Please use this "discussion and dissent" thread for additional discussion -- and if you choose not to sign on, please let us know why!<br /><br />If you'd like to sign on to the letter, please use the <a href="http://cfp08.blogspot.com/2008/05/signature-thread-for-open-letter-to.html">signature thread</a> or add your name directly to <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_08">the letter on the CFP community wiki</a>.jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-63348266246194730742008-05-23T04:56:00.000-07:002008-05-23T04:58:06.811-07:00More coverage!<ul><li> <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/is-barack-obama.html" class="external text" title="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/is-barack-obama.html" rel="nofollow">Is Barack Obama a Mac and John McCain a PC?</a>, by Jim Puzzanghera on the Los Angeles Times "Top of the Ticket" blog, May 21. </li><li><a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/computer-progra.html" class="external text" title="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/computer-progra.html" rel="nofollow">Computer Programs Decide Humans' Fates, Set Social Policy, Panelists Say</a>, by Ryan Singel on Wired's <i>THREAT LEVEL</i>, May 22 </li><li><a href="http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20080522/not_imp176473,0.php" class="external text" title="http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20080522/not_imp176473,0.php" rel="nofollow">Campanha debate futuro da web</a>, by Renato Cruz on <i>Estadão.com.br</i>, May 22 </li><li><a href="http://blog.estadao.com.br/blog/cruz?title=cfp08_dear_potus&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" class="external text" title="http://blog.estadao.com.br/blog/cruz?title=cfp08_dear_potus&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" rel="nofollow">CFP08: Dear Potus</a>, by Renato Cruz on <i>Estadão.com.br</i>, May 22 </li><li> <a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/isp-content-f-1.html" class="external text" title="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/isp-content-f-1.html" rel="nofollow">Former Prosecutor: ISP Content Filtering Might be a 'Five Year Felony'</a>, by Ryan Singel on Wired's <i>THREAT LEVEL</i>, May 22 </li><li> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080522-the-future-of-political-dirty-tricks-and-deception-online.html" class="external text" title="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080522-the-future-of-political-dirty-tricks-and-deception-online.html" rel="nofollow">The future of political dirty tricks and deception online</a>, by Julian Sanchez on <i>Ars Technica</i>, May 22 </li><li> <a href="http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2976" class="external text" title="http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2976" rel="nofollow">A Human Face and Due Process Online</a>, by Aldon Hynes on <i>Orient Lodge</i>, May 23 </li></ul>And as before, if you're blogging about CFP -- or if you see other coverage -- please <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP_2008_coverage">add it to the wiki</a>. Thanks!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-91324504337707366932008-05-22T08:33:00.000-07:002008-05-22T08:41:03.643-07:00Internet Freedom & CensorshipDon't miss the sessions tomorrow on <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Breaking_the_Silence:_Iranians_Find_a_Voice_on_the_Internet">bloggers in Iran</a> and measuring threats to <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Measuring_Global_Threats_to_Internet_Freedom">online internet freedom</a><br /><br />Of interest to those attending the session is the new publication - <a href="http://freedom4internet.blogspot.com/">The Internet Freedom Alert</a> an ongoing publication that covers online developments related to censorship, Internet Governance and freedoms online. The alert is a bi-weekly summary of the bookmarks posted on internet freedom on <a href="http://del.icio.us/internetfreedom">Delicious</a>freedom4internethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088633928723460244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-22725275671756139122008-05-21T20:57:00.000-07:002008-05-21T21:00:08.218-07:00Coverage for May 21<ul><li> <a href="http://netzpolitik.org/2008/presidential-technology-policy-priorities-for-the-next-executive/" class="external text" title="http://netzpolitik.org/2008/presidential-technology-policy-priorities-for-the-next-executive/" rel="nofollow">Presidential Technology Policy: Priorities for the Next Executive</a>, by Markus Beckedahl on <i>netzpolitik.org</i>, May 21 </li><li><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/21/102656/429/80/519601" class="external text" title="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/21/102656/429/80/519601" rel="nofollow">Presidential panel</a> liveblogged at dailykos by Ben Masel, May 21 </li><li> <a href="http://blog.estadao.com.br/blog/cruz?title=cfp08_neutralidade_de_rede&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" class="external text" title="http://blog.estadao.com.br/blog/cruz?title=cfp08_neutralidade_de_rede&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" rel="nofollow">CFP08: Neutralidade de rede</a>, by Renato Cruz on <i>Estadão.com.br</i>, May 21 </li><li> <a href="http://www.jeremyduffy.com/presidential-campaign-reps-at-cfp-2008/" class="external text" title="http://www.jeremyduffy.com/presidential-campaign-reps-at-cfp-2008/" rel="nofollow">Presidential Campaign Reps at CFP 2008</a>, by Jeremy Duffy, May 21 </li><li> <a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/telecom-amnesty.html" class="external text" title="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/telecom-amnesty.html" rel="nofollow">McCain Campaign: Telecom Amnesty Requires Hearings and Apologies for Spying</a>, by Ryan Singel on Wired's <i>THREAT LEVEL</i>, May 21 </li><li> <a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/25651/obama_and_mccain_surrogates_describe_two_very_different_tech_presidents" class="external text" title="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/25651/obama_and_mccain_surrogates_describe_two_very_different_tech_presidents" rel="nofollow">Obama and McCain Surrogates Describe Two Very Different Tech Presidents</a> by Nancy Scola on Personal Democracy Forum's <i>TechPresident</i>, May 21 </li></ul> If you're blogging about CFP -- or if you see other coverage -- please <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP_2008_coverage">add it to the wiki</a>. Thanks!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-14847275980935316732008-05-21T10:52:00.000-07:002008-05-21T12:48:00.257-07:00Get it on Slashdot!<ol><li> ???? </li><li> Get it on Slashdot </li><li> Profit! </li></ol> <p>What techniques make it more likely for larger blogs to cover your story -- or link to you? </p><p>It's an example of Charismatic Content ... an important question for activists ... and something that several of us tried to solve last year at CFP as part of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Stop Real ID Now</span> activism campaign, where despite working with the EFF, ACLU, and having folks like Bruce Schneier at the conference, we just couldn't get the story picked up by Slashdot until the very last moment.<br /></p><p>So let's figure it out. And in the spirit of learning by doing, as an initial experiment, we're going to focus on Slashdot. Can we them to pick up Mike Godwin's recent article for <i>Jewcy</i>, <a href="http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law" class="external text" title="http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law" rel="nofollow">I seem to be a verb: 18 years of Godwin's Law</a>?<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p>Initial ideas are on the <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Get_it_on_Slashdot%21">CFP community wiki</a>. Your thoughts welcome -- either here on the blog or the wiki!<br /></p><p>PS: We'll also be discussing this at the social network workshop on Thursday<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-71287713340480018552008-05-21T07:00:00.000-07:002008-05-21T07:01:46.876-07:00CFP08 on Twitter!For those who have a twitter account, you can sign up to use this by 'following' the CFP08 channel at <a href="http://twitter.com/cfp08">http://twitter.com/cfp08</a>. <div><br /></div>For those who have never used twitter - this is seriously the simplest technology you will encounter in a while. <a href="http://twitter.com/">http://twitter.com/</a>.jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-41629819495380594412008-05-20T21:30:00.000-07:002008-05-21T05:00:30.780-07:00No trolling, flaming, and hate speech, pleaseWith any luck at all, we'll be having some heated conversations about controversial topics. Please show respect for other participants, even if you disagree with their ideas, and for the readers of this blog. And please avoid trolling and flaming, as well as various forms of hate speech: racism, sexism, homophobia, trans-phobia, attacks on any religion or nationality, etc. etc.<br /><br />Of course, the blogosphere being what it is these days, some people will probably ignore this. If they do, please don't respond to attacks; and please don't feed the trolls.<br /><br />For definitions and additional discussion, see the resource page on <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dealing_with_hate_speech%2C_flaming%2C_and_trolls">dealing with hate speech, flaming, and trolls</a>.jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-37192666360323964282008-05-20T21:18:00.000-07:002008-05-20T21:21:09.863-07:00CFP coverage in the blogospheres, press, etc.Blogging about CFP? Or have you seen some articles or posts about CFP?<br /><br />We're tracking CFP coverage <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP_2008_coverage">on the wiki</a>. Please contribute!<br /><br />Also, if you're blogging about CFP -- or adding entries to digg, del.icio.us, or other sites, please remenber to use the tag <span style="font-weight: bold;">cfp08</span>. Thanks!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-26160365958714750262008-05-18T16:01:00.001-07:002008-05-18T19:29:32.184-07:00Schedule for Social Network workshopThe schedule for Thursday's <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Activism_and_Education_Using_Social_Networks">Workshop on Activism and Education Using Social Networks</a> is now up on the wiki.<br /><br />9:00 - 9:15 - Introduction by Deborah <p>9:15 - 9:45 Eric - the ACLU's experiences with activism and education campaigns<br /></p><p>9:50 - 10:20 Jon - examples of social network activism, trolls, flaming, etc. </p><p>10:20 - 10:45 - Alex - <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Social_network_workshop:_Facebook" title="Social network workshop: Facebook">Facebook</a> </p><p>10:45 - 11:00 open discussion, Q & A </p><p>11:00 - 12:30 - multiple simultaneous hands-on sessions: create profiles, explore various social networks, Greg on <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Social_network_workshop:_promoting_books" title="Social network workshop: promoting books"> promoting books</a>, questions, other topics based on participants' interests </p><p>12:30 - 1:30 - lunch break </p><p>1:30 - 3:00 - multiple simultaneous hands-on sessions, create profiles, explore various social networks, Jon on <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dealing_with_hate_speech%2C_flaming%2C_and_trolls" title="Dealing with hate speech, flaming, and trolls"> dealing with trolls (etc.)</a>, questions, other topics, other topics based on participants' interests </p><p>3:00 - 3:30 - afternoon break </p><p>3:30 - 5:00 - closing discussion, led by Elizabeth: brainstorming - questions going forward, including how best to evolve social networks for activism purposes, and countering legislative threats </p>jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-2158726051387225352008-05-14T07:21:00.000-07:002008-05-14T11:43:36.742-07:00Resources on hate speech and trollsOne of our goals for the <span style="font-style: italic;">Dealing with hate speech and trolls</span> module I'm leading at the social network workshop next Thursday is to create a useful <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Social_network_workshop:_hate_speech_and_trolls">resource page</a>. There are a lot of techniques that can help bloggers and moderators; and call me an optimist, but I really believe a shared understanding of past thinking and research in this area, and the facts and different perspectives in a lot of real-world experiences, can make a huge difference.<br /><br />We'll hopefully have an online component to the workshop; specific technology (and the exact time of this session) still TBD.<br /><br />But why wait? The resource page is <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Social_network_workshop:_hate_speech_and_trolls">up on the wiki now</a>, with eight tips, links to a half-dozen experiences (including Kathy Sierra, Blackamazon, my own writeup of a successful community defense against trolls), some good references including foundational work from Susan Herring and Clay Shirky, and a selection of "best practice" moderation policies and tactics.<br /><br />If you've got other suggestions, please add them -- directly on the wiki, or as a reply here.<br /><br />And please also send this send this link around to others who might be interested .... Hate speech and trolling are huge problems right now in many areas of the web, and pooling our knowledge is a good first step for making some progress on it.jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-36242453652073459902008-05-08T09:57:00.000-07:002008-05-27T21:00:54.131-07:00Dear Potus 08<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Update, May 27: </span>see the initial <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_prototype:_letter_from_CFP_attendees">open letter to the presidential candidates</a>, press coverage by Elise Ackerman <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9368515">in the <span style="font-style: italic;">San Jose Mercury News</span></a>, and the overall <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Dear_Potus_08">Dear Potus plan</a>.</blockquote><br />From the <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Dear_Potus_08">in-progress page on the program wiki</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>If the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy community wrote a letter to the next President of the United States about our priorities for technology policy, what would we say -- and how would we get him or her to read it? <p>There's only one way to find out. </p><p></p><blockquote><p></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p>At this year's conference dinner, we will launch a collaborative effort to write a short letter to the next President from the CFP '08 attendees. We'll get these initial results up on a wiki for comments and evolution, and refine them over the follwing 36 hours. By Friday morning, if we've managed to converge on something plausible, we'll start circulating the current draft for signatures. At the end of the conference, we'll mail the current draft to the presidential campaigns and invite their response. </p>We'll also put it all up on the web - with a Creative Commons "by" (attribution) license - and invite others to use it for whatever purposes they want as we revise our initial draft, get broader involvement and discussion, and try to get our voice heard amidst the din of the campaigns.</blockquote>We'll be using this blog as a big part of the "Dear Potus 08" project, both to update the details -- currently described as "mostly TBD" -- and to discussparticular topics. The <a href="http://cfp08.blogspot.com/2008/04/yale-information-society-projects-95.html">9.5 theses</a> thread is the best place to get involved with the technology policy discussion right now.<br /><br />In this thread, any questions or thoughts about "Dear Potus 08" -- or links to similar projects?CFP 2008 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017822697067093305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-18585947200352547372008-05-07T08:30:00.000-07:002008-05-07T10:09:57.200-07:00Clay Shirky to Deliver Closing PlenaryWe are pleased to announce that <a href="http://www.shirky.com/">Clay Shirky</a> will deliver the closing plenary keynote at <a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">CFP Technology Policy '08</a>.<br /><br />Since the 1990s, Shirky has written, taught, and consulted on the social, cultural, and economic effects of Internet technologies and social media. His most recent book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536"><span style="font-style: italic;">Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations</span></a>, evaluates the significant role being played by technological advances on the formation and experience of modern group dynamics, citing such examples as Wikipedia and MySpace to demonstrate the Internet's power in bridging geographical and cultural gaps.<br /><br />Shirky is an adjunct professor in NYU's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), where he teaches courses on the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology -- how our networks shape culture and vice-versa.<br /><br />See more about Shirky at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shirky">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/28/clay-shirkys-masterp.html">BoingBoing</a>, and on the <a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=164882">Colbert Report</a>.Michael Zimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02686039702294037614noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-50303009531137788582008-04-30T17:39:00.000-07:002008-04-30T18:09:22.798-07:00Announcing: Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008!<div style="margin: 0px;font-family:arial;"><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://cfp2008.org/">http://cfp2008.org/</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >18th Annual CFP conference</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >May 20-23, 2008</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Omni Hotel</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >New Haven, CT</span></div><br /><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >What should the technology policy priorities of the next administration be?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >As the choice of presidential candidates becomes clearer and election year moves towards a comparison of the candidates' platforms on the issues, technology policy is increasingly relevant to the forefront of public debate. In the areas of privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and freedom of speech, topics that were once confined to experts now appear in the mainstream of political issues. We now know that our decisions about technology policy are being made at a time as the architectures of our information and communication technologies are still being built.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >This year, the 18th annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is focusing on those issues at the forefront of technology policy this election year. With plenary panels on the "National Security State and the Next Administration" and "The 21st Century Panopticon?" the discussions taking place look towards our present and future priorities.<br /><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >CFP: Technology Policy '08 is an opportunity to participate in shaping those issues being made into laws and regulations and those technological infrastructures being developed. Policies ranging from spyware and national security, to ISP filtering and patent reform, e-voting to electronic medical records, and more will be addressed by expert panels of technologists, policymakers, business leaders, and activists. The panel topics are listed below and full panel descriptions are <a href="http://http//www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Program">available on the conference website</a>.<br /><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >The CFP: Technology Policy `08 conversation has already begun in the virtual spaces connected to the conference: the <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP08">CFP community wiki</a>, a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=683858084">Facebook group</a>, a <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/61857/7885844E0F9D">LinkedIn group</a>, and this blog. Even if you are unable to attend the conference this year, there are several opportunities to participate remotely. The guiding principles that ought to guide our policies are being debated on the conference blog -- see the <a href="http://cfp08.blogspot.com/2008/04/yale-information-society-projects-95.html">9.5 theses</a> thread for an early example. </span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >The Yale Journal of Law and Technology is hosting a call for<a href="http://cfp08.blogspot.com/2008/03/call-for-essays-on-technology-policy-of.html"> essays on the priorities of the next administration</a>,. </span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >And the W<a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Activism_and_Education_Using_Social_Networks">orkshop on Activism and Education using Social Networks</a> has already started accumulating resources on the wiki, and will include remote participation during the conference.<br /><br />Of course, if you <span style="font-style: italic;">can </span>make it, it's even better being there in person. </span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >We look forward to seeing you in New Haven on May 20-23.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Eddan Katz</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >CFP: Technology Policy '08 Program Chair</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.cfp2008.org/">http://www.cfp2008.org/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Important dates</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Hotel Conference Discount Deadline: May 1, 2008<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Early Bird Registration: Fri., May 2, 2008</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >YJoLT Tech Policy Essay Contest: Mon., May 5, 2008<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conference program</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Plenary sessions</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Presidential Technology Policy: Priorities for the Next Executive</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >The 21st Century Panopticon?</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >The National Security State and the Next Adminstration</span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Tutorials<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >A Short History of Privacy</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Constitutional Law in Cyberspace</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >e-Deceptive Campaign Practices: Elections 2.0</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Maintaining Privacy While Accessing On-line Information</span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Workshop<br /></span></span> <div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Activism and Education Using Social Networks</span></li></ul><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Panel sessions<br /></span></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Breaking the Silence: Iranians Find a Voice on the Internet</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Charismatic Content: Wikis, Social Networks, and the Future of User-Generated Content</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Filtering Out Copyright Infringement: Possibilities, Practicalities, and Legalities</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Filtering and Censorship in Europe</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Hate Speech and Oppression in Cyberspace<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Interoperability at the Crossroads?: The "Liberal Order" versus Fragmentation</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Law, Regulation, and Software Licensing for the Electronic Medical Record</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Measuring Global Threats to Internet Freedom</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Network Neutrality: Beyond the Slogans</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >New Challenges for Spyware Policy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Patents: The Bleeding Edge of Technology Policy</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Privacy, Reputation, and the Management of Online Communities</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Rights & Responsibilities for Software Programs?</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >States as Incubators of Change</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >"The Transparent Society:" Ten Years Later</span></li><li><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Towards Trustworthy e-Voting: An Open Source Approach?</span></li></ul><br /></div></div></div><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div>CFP 2008 bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017822697067093305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-59506660560375336482008-04-28T08:12:00.000-07:002008-04-28T22:10:25.298-07:00Workshop: Activism and Education Using Social Networks<blockquote><p>As well as providing ways to stay in touch with friends and make new connections, social networking technologies are increasingly important for activism and education. This interactive workshop will look at social networks and other innovative avenues such as blogs, wikis, mashups, and virtual worlds - as well as the role of more traditional online communication mechanisms like email and discussion forums. It will cover these technologies and their larger implications; techniques for engaging others while dealing with challenges such as trolling, flaming, and privacy invasion; and a nuts-and-bolts introduction to utilizing these tools.</p></blockquote><p>The Computers, Freedom, and Privacy <a mce_href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Activism_and_Education_Using_Social_Networks" href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Activism_and_Education_Using_Social_Networks">Workshop on Activism and Education Using Social Networks</a> will run in parallel with the concurrent sessions on Thursday, May 22. To accommodate those will be attending -- or presenting at! -- other sessions for different parts of the day, we're organizing the bulk of the workshop as a series of independent modules, covering different skills, and best practices for educators and activists. We'll also cover success stories, brainstorm challenges faced by attendees, and construct groups for CFP attendees to stay in touch as well as profiles and groups for several organizations attending.</p><p>Confirmed modules include <i><a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Modules_for_the_social_network_workshop#Facebook"><span class="tocnumber"></span></a><span class="toctext">Facebook</span></i> an<a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Modules_for_the_social_network_workshop#Promoting_books_.28and_potential_books.29_on_social_networks"><span class="tocnumber"></span></a><span class="toctext">d <i>Promoting books (and potential books) on social networks</i></span>. Other potential topics include mashups, screencasting, getting your site found on Google, and effective use of social network sites like Ning, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and SecondLife. We're using the <a href="http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/Modules_for_the_social_network_workshop">Modules</a> page on the wiki to help organize this; please check it out for the current status -- and if you've got suggestions, please add them, either on the wiki or as comments on this thread!<br /></p><p>One of our goals for the workshop is to make it valuable both for in-person participants and the 99.99999% of the world that will not be at CFP on that day. If technology allows it, we will set up the room so that people can participate remotely. Even more importantly, we'll be collecting information on the wiki, and encouraging discussions on various blogs and social network sites.</p><p>In the spirit of which, a couple of questions to kick things off:</p> <ul><li>what are some particularly good examples of educators and activists using social networks?<br /></li><li>what skills or techniques do you think are important -- and are there any good online references?</li></ul>Other topics welcome, of course. And please forward this on to others you think might be interested!jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-39238168554385347882008-04-28T07:13:00.000-07:002008-04-28T07:17:08.861-07:00Reminder: deadlines this week<span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/NewHavenYale/MeetingFacilities/CFP2008ComputersFreedomandPrivacyConference5.aspx">Hotel Discount Rate</a></span> extended to <span style="font-style: italic;">today</span>, Apr. 28, 2008</span><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Early Bird <a href="http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=193762"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Registration</span></a>: Friday, May 2, 2008</span><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://cfp08.blogspot.com/2008/03/call-for-essays-on-technology-policy-of.html">YJoLT Tech Policy Essay Contest</a>: Monday, May 5, 2008</span></div>jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12740980228561158001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892708975440570426.post-44814143148676250082008-04-25T05:53:00.000-07:002008-04-25T08:56:16.256-07:00Yale Information Society Project's 9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The theme of the 18th Annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference is "Technology Policy '08." To help shape public debate in this election year, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School recommends the following<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>policy principles - <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The 9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration</span>:<br /><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">1.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Privacy</b>.<span style=""> </span>Protect human dignity, autonomy, and privacy by providing individuals with control over the collection, use, and distribution of their personal information and medical information.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">2.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Access</b>.<span style=""> </span>Promote high-speed Internet access and increased connectivity for all, through both government and private initiatives, to reduce the digital divide.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">3.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Network Neutrality</b>.<span style=""> </span>Legislate against unreasonable discrimination by network providers against particular applications or content to maintain the Internet’s role in fostering innovation, economic growth, and democratic communication.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">4.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Transparency</b>. Preserve accountability and oversight of government functions by strengthening freedom of information and improving electronic access to government deliberations and materials.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">5.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Innovation</b>.<span style=""> </span>Restore balance to intellectual property rules and explore alternative incentives to better promote innovation, freedom, access to knowledge, and human development.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">6.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Democracy</b>.<span style=""> </span>Empower individuals to fully participate in government and politics by making electronic voting consistent, reliable, and secure with voter-verifiable paper trails.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">7.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Education</b>.<span style=""> </span>Expand effective exceptions and limitations to intellectual property for education to ensure that teachers and students have access to innovative digital teaching techniques and educational resources.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">8.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Culture</b>.<span style=""> </span>Ensure that law and technology promote a free, vibrant and democratic culture, fair exchanges between different cultures, and individual rights to create and participate in culture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">9.<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Diversity</b>. Limit media concentration and expand media ownership to ensure a diverse marketplace of ideas.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="">9.5<span style=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="">Openness. </b>Support innovation and fair competition by stimulating openness in software, technological standards, Internet governance, and content licensing.<span style=""> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15