The Guardian's Rusbridger: The Mutualized Future is Bright (Columbia Journalism Review) "trafigura.. was the latest example of what I think of as the mutualization of a newspaper. Our readers have become part of what we do." (tags: guardian news2.0 newspaperbusiness… Continue Reading
Against Transparency | The New Republic Lawrence Lessig on why, sometimes, transparency isn't the best plan… (tags: transparency government politics democracy culture technology lessig freedom)
Google cleared of responsibility for indexing defamatory comments – Telegraph However, Mr Justice Eady, a High Court judge who specialises in defamation cases such as the recent Max Mosley trial, ruled on Friday, July 17, that Google was not a… Continue Reading
Googland: [G] Google climate change tools for COP15 (tags: climatechange cop15) London asks developers to help it free official data | Technology | The Guardian The Greater London Authority is holding an event this month to ask developers how it… Continue Reading
The Manchizzle: Manchester Blog Awards shortlist announced Glad to see Kate and friends are still going strong in Manchester… (tags: hyperlocal manchester blogging local bbcmanchesterblog) The Top 100 UK tech folk to follow on Twitter – Pocket-lint (tags: twitter technology… Continue Reading
The Day Twitter Destroyed a Gagging Order – One Man and His Blog (tags: twitter guardian internetlibel trafigura libel internetlaw) Guardian seeks urgent court hearing over parliament reporting gag | Media | guardian.co.uk (tags: freespeech parliament guardian medialaw internetlaw libel… Continue Reading
iReport: Participatory Media Joins a Global News Brand | The Communication Initiative Network his 10-page case study from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in the United States (US) explores the US-based Cable News Network (CNN)'s… Continue Reading
BBC NEWS | UK | Audio slideshow: The last pitch Jamie Taylor's family has sold the Evening Standard at London Bridge Station for nearly 80 years – but, as he explains, that tradition is coming to an end. (tags: freesheets… Continue Reading
"Yahoo provided Iran with names of 200,000 users | ZDNet Government | ZDNet.com" This post makes some major allegations… (tags: yahoo iran privacy freespeech activism protest) onlymehdi, Map of all the rooze ghods Videos #iranelection Map of all the rooze… Continue Reading
North Scotland beats north London in postal race | Money | guardian.co.uk (tags: eigg post) Will California become America's first failed state? | World news | The Observer It is the eighth largest economy in the world, with a population… Continue Reading