Tag Archives: netfreedom

Civil Society Groups Band Together to Protect the Net at E-G8

Written by jessica. Posted on May 27, 2011. Filed under Arabization, Campaigns & Case Studies, News. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Improvised press conference at e-g8 to protect the net
Yesterday, more civil society groups from around the globe, in the company of digital pioneers such as Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, CUNY journalism professor Jeff Jarvis, Wealth of Networks author Yochai Benkler, and former ICANN board member Susan Crawford-took a stand for the Internet in an improvised press conference at the E-G8 summit in [...]

San Francisco Treats

Written by jessica. Posted on January 18, 2011. Filed under News. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 3 Comments.
The Google Street sign in Mountain View, California.
SMEX spent last week in San Francisco, California, just about the center of the universe for social media. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, and a myriad of other social media giants and upstarts all call the city or its Silicon Valley surroundings home. We went as part of the lead-up to a new project, called [...]