Government as Guarantor of Privacy?

16th July, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - 5 Comments

(Update July 28) With the massive leak of over 91,000 documents from the US Army operations in Afghanistan to wikileaks, the notions of security, confidentiality, privacy and piracy have hit the front pages of mass media around the world.  The role of the internet and the oversight of governments on issues of privacy, in particular, is » Read More

Humanitarian Social Media Revolution – Haiti brings out the socialness of social media

16th January, 2010 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

The social media platforms have clearly managed to bring speed (real time) and globality (new word) to an unfolding crisis, such as we have seen in the 2007 San Diego forest fire through to the ongoing Haitian disaster. Read More

 

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