Berkman Announcements

Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Assistance Network for Online Journalists

syoung — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Cambridge, MA – The Berkman Center’s Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) announced today the public launch of its Online Media Legal Network (OMLN), a new pro bono initiative that connects lawyers and law school clinics from across the country with online journalists and digital media creators who need legal help.

Berkman Center broadband study for FCC available for public comment

syoung — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0400

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce that the draft of its independent review for the FCC --
Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband Internet transitions and policy from around the world
-- has been posted for public comment at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=293955.

CMLP and Cyberlaw Clinic Endorse Anti-SLAPP Protection for Staff of Media and Advocacy Organizations

syoung — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:13:56 -0400

Via the Citizen Media Law Project:

GOVERNMENT INTERNET FILTERING INCREASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

syoung — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:01:00 -0400

Cambridge, Mass. - 14 countries in the Middle East and North Africa out of 18 countries surveyed filter Internet content using technical means, according to new studies released by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI: http://opennet.net), a partnership among groups at four leading universities: Toronto, Harvard, Cambridge, and Oxford, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. These reports offer an updated view of Internet content controls in the region and a point of comparison to an earlier global survey carried out in 2006-2007.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Center for Research on Computation and Society Join Fellowship Programs

lkoss — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:25:00 -0400

Integration will foster multidisciplinary research opportunities at Harvard University

Harvard’s Berkman Center to Conduct Independent Review of Broadband Studies to Assist FCC

syoung — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:15:00 -0400

WASHINGTON – The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University will conduct an independent expert review of existing literature and studies about broadband deployment and usage throughout the world. This project will help inform the FCC’s efforts in developing the National Broadband Plan.

StopBadware.org, Sunbelt Software partner to fight badware

syoung — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:18:58 -0400

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — StopBadware.org, the collaborative initiative to combat viruses, spyware, and other bad software, announced today that Sunbelt Software, developer of the VIPRE anti-malware product line, will participate in the effort as a data partner. Sunbelt Software joins Google in contributing data to the project, which is based at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The initiative is funded by Google, PayPal, Mozilla, AOL, and Trend Micro.

Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic Urge NH Supreme Court to Defend First Amendment Rights of Mortgage Site

lkoss — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:06:30 -0400

Cambridge, MA - June 23, 2009 - The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP), assisted by Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, urged the New Hampshire Supreme Court to defend the First Amendment rights of a website that covers mortgage industry news.

ONI Asia 3rd Annual Conference, Penang, Malaysia, June 17, 2009

lkoss — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:09:49 -0400

New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and are often backed up by increasingly restrictive and broadly interpreted laws.

The reports also point to an emerging inclination for states to actively engage in cyberspace as a way to achieve the same effects of information controls:

Berkman Center Internet & Democracy Project Releases Study Mapping the Arabic Language Blogosphere

syoung — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Cambridge, MA - The Berkman Center for Internet & Society’s Internet & Democracy project has released a major study on “Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent.” Utilizing a unique methodology that blends computational analysis and human coding, the study investigates the contours and scope of the discussions taking place in the Arabic language blogosphere.