Internet Governance in Latin America, Part 2 (Intermediary Liability)
Let’s say the I photoshop a picture of you so that it appears that you are involved in a crime. I anonymously upload that picture to Flickr, Picasa, Fotolog, and other photo sharing sites. Then I anonymously publish several blog posts that feature the photo and...
Internet Governance in Latin America, Part I
The internet began with a strong culture of what would come to be called cyber-libertarianism. The whole story is documented in detail in Fred Turner’s From Counterculture to Cyberculture, but you can get the general idea from the first sentence of John Perry...
The State of Online Subtitling
In a recent post, “Indigenous Protests, Wikileaks and Online Subtitles” I focused on the social and historical importance of adding subtitles to online video, especially as it relates to those who promote human rights and inclusive rural development. Most...
Indigenous Protests, Wikileaks and Online Subtitles
In June 2009, residents of Lima realized just how far removed their urban media were from the reality of daily life in the north of Peru. Peruvian protesters in June 2009 at Devil’s Curve. Photograph by Enrique Castro-Mendivil. The Protest Earlier in the...![[Impunity in Peru] The Importance of Civil Society](https://i0.wp.com/davidsasaki.name/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Screen-shot-2010-09-23-at-11.32.AM_-1.jpg?resize=450%2C140&ssl=1)
[Impunity in Peru] The Importance of Civil Society
In April 2009 Aldo Panfichi, a professor at Peru’s Pontificia Universidad Católica and consultant for OSI’s Latin America Program (disclosure: my current employer), carried out a survey of 462 residents of Lima about their perceptions of NGO’s. He...Latest Photos
