Category: politics
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Berners-Lee’s Fears for the Future of the Web
Berners-Lee is saying what many of us have also feared for along time. That people have the capacity for both good and bad, so that old-fashioned and tedious Libertarian culture of the web just ain’t good enough to cope with the political sophistication of the world stage. The British scientist who developed the World Wide…
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Morning Coffee with Craig: What is political bias?
The term ‘bias’ has been used a lot lately in Australia by the Conservative administration, but do they actually know what it means? Today I ponder the idea of ‘bias’ from the most objective position available to me; my own perspective. In fact I am the most un-bias person in the whole world and if…
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Online Campaigning
Check out this site from the Save the Internet Coalition in the US. Especially check out the ‘Senate Tracker’. This is web based campaigning and ‘political communication’ at its finest. http://www.savetheinternet.com/
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US Senator Ted Kennedy on Net Neutrality
Wow, this video from Senator Ted Kennedy in the US in interesting on a number of levels. One, he and his campaign has a profile on Youtube (which I find extrodinary), and two, he has some very interesting things to say about Net Neutrality.
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Stern Review on the economics of climate change
Here it is; the report from the UK Government on just how much it will cost us if we do not act upon the looming climate change crisis. Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, is delighted to present his…