On Feb 22 2011 the AMP Summit presented a panel – Egypt’s Social Media Revolution – in Washington DC. Video is below or here.
Moderator: Andy Carvin – NPR
Panelists:
The Internet Society has issued a statement on the current situation in Egypt.
“We are following the current events in Egypt with concern as it appears that all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic has been disrupted. The Internet Society believes that the Internet is a global medium that fundamentally supports opportunity, empowerment, knowledge, growth, and freedom and that these values should never be taken away from individuals.
The Internet Society considers this recent action by the Egyptian government to block Internet traffic to be an inappropriate response to a political crisis. It is a very serious decision for a government to block all Internet access in its country, and a serious intrusion into its citizens’ basic rights to communicate. If the blockage continues, it will have a very detrimental impact on Egypt’s economy and society. Ultimately, the Egyptian people and nation are the ones that will suffer, while the rest of the world will be worse off with the loss of Egyptian voices on the net.
However we are most concerned about the safety and security of the Egyptian people. Alongside the rest of the world, we share the hope for a positive and lasting solution to the problems that have risen to the surface there.
In the longer term, we are sure that the world will learn a lesson from this very unfortunate example, and come to understand that cutting off a nation’s access to the Internet only serves to fuel dissent and does not address the underlying causes of dissatisfaction.”
1/28 Eva Galperin Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest (EFF)
1/28 Zeynep Tufekci As Egypt Shuts off the Net: Seven Theses on Dictator’s Dilemma
1/28 Al Jazeera panel with Egyptian bloggers
1/29 Scott Shane Spotlight Again Falls on Web Tools and Change (NY Times)
1/31 Zahi Hawass The Situation in Egyptian Antiquities Today
1/31 John Palfrey Twitter and Facebook, step up: Egypt protests raise bar on corporate responsibility (NY Daily News)
1/31 Cindy Cohn Egyptian Actions Highlight Dangers in U.S. Cybersecurity Proposals (EFF)
joly 2:07 pm on February 23, 2011 Permalink |
By contrast, here, or below, is a brief clip from a recent fora.tv discussion featuring Evgeny Morozov, author of The Net Delusion where he suggests that the influence of social media in recent events has been over-emphasized.