Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

Syria 196

Syria Guatemala Open Source Lecture 196

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Unfortunately, safeguarding human rights information can’t be distinguished from piracy, if the contents are encrypted. Endangering Human Rights Activists. Wonderful stuff.

eBook 277

eBook China Copyright Library 277

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Unfortunately, safeguarding human rights information can’t be distinguished from piracy, if the contents are encrypted. Endangering Human Rights Activists. Wonderful stuff.

eBook 107

eBook Copyright China Law 107

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2011

She recalled that when Yemen decided to ban Al-Jazeera, activists there bridged the gap by recording videos on their phones, posting the footage to YouTube and Facebook, linking content directly to the Al-Jazeera stream and then tweeting the story. When you restrict me from doing this, you violate my human rights."

Conference 167

Conference Yemen Syria Skype 167