Upcoming Events and Digital Media Roundup

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
February 4, 2009 // Upcoming events and digital media

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[1] [THURSDAY 2/5/09] Berkman Blog Group: Korean news & social site Ewhaian.com with Yvette Wohn (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bloggroup/2009/02/02/20090205-proposed-agenda-yvette-wohn-social-news-site-ewhaiancom/)

[2] [MONDAY 2/9/09] Challenges of Activism in the Middle East with Esra’a Al Shafei of MideastYouth.com (http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2009/02/esra)

[3] [TUESDAY 2/10/09] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Herdict: The Verdict of the Herd" with Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team (http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2009/02/herdict)

[4] [THURSDAY 2/12/09] Chris Riley, Public Policy Counsel at Free Press, on present and future Congressional and Commission net neutrality proceedings.(http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2009/02/riley)

[THURSDAY] BERKMAN BLOG GROUP on KOREAN NEWS & SOCIAL SITE Ewhaian.com
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2/05/09, 7:00 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room

Berkman's Blog Group welcomes everyone, from newbies to experts, to join us to discuss the world of blogging and social technology online. More information and weekly agendas can be found on the group's blog: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bloggroup/. This week, Yvette Wohn will discuss Korean news & social site Ewhaian.com: “Integrating hyperlocal news with social networking”.

More at: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/bloggroup/2009/02/02/20090205-proposed-agenda-yvette-wohn-social-news-site-ewhaiancom/

[MONDAY] CHALLENGES OF ACTIVISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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2/09/09, 2:00 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room
RSVP is required (rsvp@cyber.harvard.edu).
Topic: Challenges of Activism in the Middle East
Guest: Esra’a Al Shafei of MideastYouth.com

In this presentation, Esra'a will take us on a tour of her cyber community, and discuss the challenges of activism in the Middle East, where speech and information are often tightly controlled; how she and her colleagues maintain a fierce but respectful dialogue among members with diverse viewpoints; and what the Internet can bring to the many religious and ethnic minorities in the region. She'll share how she and her team of cyber-activists are tackling the region's widespread human rights issues using Internet and social media tools and platforms.

This event will be audio webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2009/02/esra

[TUESDAY] BERKMAN LUNCHEON SERIES on HERDICT WEB
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2/10/09, 12:30 PM ET, Berkman Center Conference Room
RSVP is required (rsvp@cyber.harvard.edu).
Topic: Herdict: Verdict of the Herd
Guest: Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team

Herdict Web is a natural progression from the OpenNet Initiative. Whereas ONI views Internet filtering through an academic lens, Herdict uses crowdsourcing to learn about and present a real time view of the experiences of users around the globe. We are currently in a "friends and family beta" stage; in other words, we're hoping that our friends will try Herdict Web and let us know what they think. At the Herdict luncheon, we will present the tool, discuss challenges and concerns, and allow opportunities for discussion.

This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2009/02/herdict

[THURSDAY] CHRIS RILEY of FREE PRESS
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2/12/09, 12:00 PM ET, Griswold Hall 110, Harvard Law School
RSVP is required (rsvp@cyber.harvard.edu).
Co-sponsored by the HLS Journal of Law and Technology

In August of 2008, the Federal Communications Commission concluded its lengthy investigation into Comcast's high-speed Internet service practices with the release of an order declaring Comcast's practice of RST-packet BitTorrent blocking to be illegal and requiring Comcast to use only non-discriminatory network management practices. Comcast complied substantially with the order's obligations, but many questions remain open, with this specific proceeding and with the future of net neutrality policy in the FCC and in Congress. Free Press has led and will continue to lead the charge to promote non-discrimination as the foremost principle of net neutrality. Chris' presentation will begin with a brief overview of Free Press, and a brief history of the Comcast proceeding and other net neutrality legal efforts, and will then dive into a substantive policy discussion of present and future Congressional and Commission net neutrality proceedings.

More at: http://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2009/02/riley

OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 2/5/09: Stephen Schultze and Shubham Mukherjee - Selling the Law: The Business of Public Access to Court Records at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University: http://citp.princeton.edu/events/lectures/stephen-schultze-and-shubham-mukherjee/?/

DIGITAL MEDIA: Watch and Listen
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Did you miss this week's luncheon talk? Catch up with Berkman videos, podcasts, pictures, and dig in to our archive at http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive.

-Berkman Luncheon Series with JOHN PALFREY, DANAH BOYD, DENA SACCO, and LAURA DEBONIS on the Internet Safety Technical Task Force's final report: http://cyber.harvard.edu/node/5032

-RADIO BERKMAN with DAVID WEINBERGER interviewing Berkman's new Executive Director URS GASSER: http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman107

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