Good interview with Andrew Blum on his new book, Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, about the physical structure of the Internet.
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Physical Structure of the Internet
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Tim Berners-Lee on internet data and privacy
Inventor of the world wide wide talks about the potential misuses of personal information by companies, organisations and governments.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/audio/2012/apr/18/tim-berners-lee-internet-data-privacy-audio
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Tim Berners-Lee warns against web snooping bill
Inventor of the world wide web says the extension of the state’s surveillance powers would be a ‘destruction of human rights’.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/audio/2012/apr/18/tim-berners-lee-web-snooping-bill-audio
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Tim Berners-Lee on the rise of walled gardens
Inventor of the world wide web says that throughout the history of the internet, people had been concerned about the emergence of apparently dominant giants.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/audio/2012/apr/18/tim-berners-lee-walled-gardens-audio
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The Vancouver Human Rights Lecture — Cute Cats and The Arab Spring
In the 2011 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture, Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, looks at the "cute cat" theory of internet activism, and how it helps explain the Arab Spring. He discusses how activists around the world are turning to social media tools which are extremely powerful, easy to use and difficult for governments to censor. The Vancouver Human Rights Lecture is co-sponsored by the UBC Continuing Studies, the Laurier Institution, and Yahoo.
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