Cyberculture roundup: Assange’s TV show, CISPA as the new threat and more…

Is Twitter Trying to End the Tech Patent War? by Sam Laird   Julian Assange’s TV debut from FP Passport by Joshua Keating The first episode of Julian Assange’s new TV show, The World Tomorrow, premiered on RT today with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as the first guest. Aside from a quick intro and a … Read more

From US, Europe to Iran, internet freedom under threat… a cyberculture roundup

ACTA: The State of Play in the US from EFF.org Updates by maira In the last few weeks, we?ve seen surprising and significant developments with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in both the US and the EU. As we?ve noted before, ACTA is a plurilateral agreement designed to broaden and extend existing intellectual property enforcement … Read more

Storified: Is ‘clicktivism’ destroying meaningful social activism? AND Kony 2012 comments and questions

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KONY 2012 and a roundup of web reactions

KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. 5 Lessons from Kony 2012 from The Meta-Activism Project by Mary C Joyce Kony 2012 began as an unexpected viral … Read more