Posts Tagged free speech
A Selection of Relevant News Articles Part II
Posted by steiakakis in News & Media on April 17, 2012
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A Selection of Relevant News Articles
Posted by drakopoulos in News & Media on April 14, 2012
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China Bans Comments On Twitter Style Services Until April 3rd
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How The Copyright Industry Drives A Big Brother Dystopia
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Project Brief
Posted by drakopoulos in Welcome and project brief on March 8, 2012
Over the last couple of years there have been numerous occasions of people being prosecuted by the authorities for expressing their opinions online. For example:
•Two months ago, two British citizens got banned from entering the United States for making a joke about ‘destroying America’ on Twitter.
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•Twitter recently changed its policy, saying that it would begin censoring tweets on a country by country basis.
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•Three activists from Hong Kong had their accounts suspended from Facebook, for creating a group on the site that was in opposition to the development of luxurious housing in their area.
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The major social networks are clamping down on references to activism and even banning members for taking part in these discussions. We propose ‘3speech’, a secure social network that keeps your identity private and allows you to discuss potentially controversial issues and share your ideas without fear.
The driving force behind this idea is to preserve online freedom of speech, in light of recent attempts to monitor and censor online activities. BlackBox will use the Tor network in order to protect the identities of the users within the community.
In relation to the previous examples, the ‘victims’ were penalized for freely expressing themselves. In BlackBox, we value open discussion, we value open dialogue and free speech. People will not be judged for sharing their ideas, on the contrary, we encourage collaboration and discussion on anything you feel worthwhile. We looking forward to a democratic, no administrated social network that it could stand on its own.
It’s about the topic, not the people. The cause we are promoting is to get involved with what is happening globally. Get informed. Get engaged. Share thoughts freely. Freedom of speech is your right.
Talk about it.