Networked Society - openDemocracy (Page 5)

UK Uncut cannot denounce the violence on 26 March

Those most heavily involved in UKUncut are under enormous pressure to denounce the violence on behalf of the rest of us in the network. Without doing so, it is hard to see how UKUncut will regain lost support from the general public and the mainstream media. But this cannot be the answer.

By Niki Seth-Smith

/ 29 Mar 2011

The freedom cloud

The tools that help Arab democracy protesters also extend the reach of three United States corporations. The power of Facebook, Google, and Twitter represents an appropriation of the hacker-utopian ideals of the early internet, says Becky Hogge. The challenge to those who still uphold these ideals

By Becky Hogge

/ 29 Mar 2011

Who decides what we access on the Internet?: Web blocking and its dangers

Another March, another web blocking proposal. The Guardian reported last week that Ed Vaizey MP, one of the ministers in charge of the UK's internet policy, has been hosting discussions between Internet Service Providers and the music and film industries about a 'voluntary code' to facilitate the

By Peter Bradwell

/ 25 Mar 2011

Digital activism and the anti-cuts agenda

Outrage at the Coalition's austerity programme and the capacity for digital networked communications have given rise to a new activism. The common anti-cuts agenda is clear, but will new forms of communication, deliberation and organisation give rise to more radical objectives?

By Joss Hands

/ 24 Mar 2011