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It’s all about adding an ’s’: crafting policies of information Technologies(12)

May 31, 2009

Participating as a formal delegate in the twelve annual meeting of the Commission for Science and technology for development in the United Nations provided me with the opportunity to reflect upon the process of crafting policies in the area of information technology in the international level.
I couldn’t help noticing the main obstacles that accompany the [...]

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Inclusiveness and Politics in the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development

It is Sunday morning, and I am writing this post in the airplane, on my way to Geneva to represent Israel in the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development in its annual meeting (May 25-29, 2009). (Thanks ISOCI-IL who supported my candidacy for this role).
The first thought that crossed my mind when I [...]

10 Years of “Code” – Debate on Lessig book

Lawrence Lessig’s Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace turns 10 this year (see an update version of the book that is interactive with users – Code: Version 2.0). The Cato Institute hosted a debate about the book for this occation. Below you can find Declan McCullagh’s article which criticizes Lessig’s approach and the response fromJonathan Zittrain, [...]

Video, Virality and Political Campaigns

One of the hottest topics currently under investigation is in the area of virality and campaigns, or the role of the Internet in political campaigns. Here are several articles from a conference titled “You Tube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States” -
 Bob Boynton Going Viral
Kevin Wallsten “‘Yes We Can’: How Online Viewership, [...]


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