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A global anti-censorship network: GV08 Summit Day One, Session One

Also making opening remarks on Day One was Sami Ben Ghabia, Adcovacy Director for Global Voices. Sami is originally from Tunisia, but is now living in the Netherlands. Sami described how the Advocacy Project for Global Voices has been following how citizens are using digital media for social activism.

GV Summit: Day One a Success!

The first day of the Global Voices 2008 Summit in Budapest, Hungary was a wild success, as far as we can see (obviously we can't know all of the implications this early in the game). The morning started with an introduction from Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon,

Advox Conference: Stephanie Hankey's slides about Tactical Technology Collective

Talk given to the Global Voices Summit 2008 Session “NGO’s and on-the ground activists: Defending the Voices” on 27th June 2008 | View | Upload your own

Advox Conference: Nart Villeneuve's slides on censorship circumvention

Talk given to the Global Voices Summit 2008 Session “Frontline Activists meet the Academy: Tools and Knowledge” on 27th June 2008 | View | Upload your own

Advox Conference: Andrew Heavens on Censorship in Ethiopia

Talk given to the Global Voices Summit 2008 Session "Living with censorship" on 27th June 2008 | View | Upload your own

Advox Conference: Rezwan on Self Censorship in media Role of citizen journalists

Talk given to the Global Voices Summit 2008 Session “Living with censorship” on 27th June 2008 | View | Upload your own

Advox Conference: Oiwan Lam on The Formation of a post-colonial censorship regime

Talk given to the Global Voices Summit 2008 Session "Citizen Media and Online Free Speech" on 27th June 2008 | View | Upload your own