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The politics of digital networks

Jillian C. York’s blog • “Writes regularly about free expression, politics, and the Internet, with particular focus on the Arab world.” Affiliated with Global Voices Online and Electronic Frontier Foundation. @jilliancyork +Jillian C. York

Tech President • Blog of the Personal Democracy Forum. “Daily resource for hard-hitting analysis, breaking news and insightful coverage of meta trends at the intersection of technology and politics.” @techpresident

The Technology Liberation Front • “Tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians’ hands off the ‘net.” @techliberation

Technosociology • “Exploring the interactions between technology and society.” By Zeynep Tufekci, Assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maryland. @techsoc +Zeynep Tufekci

Anne-Marie Slaughter • Professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton, author of the 2009 article in Foreign Affairs, “America’s Edge“, blogging at the Atlantic. @SlaughterAM

Deeplinks • Electronic Frontier Foundation’s news blog, covering civil liberties in the digital world.

Freedom to Tinker • Blog featuring “comment and analysis from the digital frontier” by the faculty, students, and friends of the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP).

Tangled Web • “Focuses on the smart ways people in closed societies are using social media, mobile phones, and the Internet to circumvent their governments. It also covers the efforts of less-than-democratic governments to control the web.” By Luke Allnutt at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. @lukeallnutt +Luke Allnutt

Digital Frontiers • Voice of America’s Doug Bernard investigates “how real world concepts like privacy, identity and freedom are evolving in the virtual world.” @dfrontiers

Google Public Policy Blog • “Google’s views on government, policy and politics.”

Google European Public Policy Blog • “Google’s views on Government, policy and politics in Europe.”

Law & Disorder • Ars Technica’s blog covering “tech law and policy in the digital age.” @ArsLaw

Governance across borders • Blog by a group of researchers that “shares ideas, concepts and examples on how to deal with old and new forms of such transnational governance.” Loosely affiliated with the research group “Institution Building Across Borders” at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. @govxborders

Infopolitics • “Understanding the Internet and information in politics.” By Graham Webster, PhD student in political science at the University of Washington. @infopol @gwbstr +Graham Webster

The Internet Policy Blog • “On Internet policy research, events and discussion from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford.”

Falkvinge & Co. on Infopolicy • A founder of Sweden’s Pirate Party hosts a community discussion around information policy. @Falkvinge +Rick Falkvinge

Joho the Blog by David Weinberger • Senior researcher at Harvard’s Berkman Center writes about “the effect of the Internet on how we think about ourselves, our world, and business.” @dweinberger

Development, democratization, crisis management

Ethan Zuckerman’s blog • “Musings on Africa, international development and hacking the media.” @EthanZ +Ethan Zuckerman

NDItech DemocracyWorks • On the role technology of in politics and democratic development. @NDItech

The Optimist • Author of “Getting Better” Charles Kenny writes in Foreign Policy on global development and technology. Also has a personal blog. @charlesjkenny +Charles Kenny

White African • Co-founder of Ushahidi Erik Hersman blogs about high-tech mobile and web technology change in Africa. “Where Africa and technology collide.” @whiteafrican

iRevolution • “Thought pieces on how innovation and technology are revolutionizing the power of the individual through radical self-sufficiency, determination, independence, survival and resilience.” By crisis mapper Patrick Meier. @PatrickMeier +Patrick Meier

Diary of a Crisis Mapper • Crisis mapper Anahi Ayala Iacucci writes about ICT4D, mobile technology and, more broadly, on the “political meaning of information”. @anahi_ayala

Communication Crisis • A blog investigating “the ways in which people and organisations in political crisis situations are affected by limitations in communication and the ways and modes in which people bypass these limitations.” @comcrisis

ICT4D Jester • ICT4D contrarian Kentaro Toyama’s blog, where he “questions, critiques, and sometimes lampoons the endeavor called ICT4D.” @kentarotoyama

Nancy Scola’s blog • Writes on “politics, policy, technology, and culture,” and often ends up “focusing on change and innovation, whether that’s the future of political organizing or the future of food.” @nancyscola +Nancy Scola

Nathan And His Open Ideals • Blog by mobile technology developer and activist Nathan Freitas. @n8fr8 +Nathan Freitas

Odd Letters • Molly Sauter researches “Infosec/hacktivism/civic media/cross-cultural tech” at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
@OddLetters +Molly Sauter

Jackfruity • Rebekah Heacock writes about technology, aid & development. Affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Technology for Transparency Network. @rebekahredux +Rebekah Heacock

Global media reform, citizen journalism, civic media

Andy Carvin • National Public Radio’s social media strategist, Twitter news curator. @acarvin +Andy Carvin

Global Voices Online • “A community of more than 300 bloggers and translators around the world who work together to bring you reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.” @globalvoices

Mediacitizen • “A crash-scene investigation at the crossroads of old media and new.” By Timothy Karr, campaign director of Free Press. @TimKarr +Timothy Carr

CPJ Internet Channel • “Examines the battle for free expression online.” By Danny O’Brien for the Committee to Protect Journalists. @danny_at_cpj +Danny O’brien

CIMA Media Blog • News blog by the Center for International Media Assistance with frequent roundups of media matters from a global perspective . @CIMA_Media

Cyber-strategy

Digital Dao • Jeffrey Carr blogs about “evolving hostilities in the global cyber commons,” covering “Russian and Chinese cyber warfare strategy and tactics”. @jeffreycarr

Infowar Monitor • “Tracking the emergence of cyberspace as a strategic domain.” @InfowarMonitor

Zero Intelligence Agents • Studying terrorism and armed conflict using tools from mathematics and computer science. By Drew Conway, PhD student at New York University. @drewconway +Drew Conway

DefenceTech • “The intersection of technology and defense,” cyber-warfare category. @defensetech

Technology and Foreign Policy • Council on Foreign Relations’ publications on technology and geopolitics. @CFR_org

Cyber-security

Scheier on Security • “A blog covering security and security technology” by the internationally renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier. @schneierblog

Exhaustive Search • Cryptography researcher Matt Blaze on security and cryptography. @mattblaze +Matt Blaze

Threat Post • “Security news and analysis” from Kaspersky Lab @threatpost

Naked Security • IT security blog by SophosLabs. @SophosLabs

Threat Level • “Privacy, crime and security online” at Wired.com.

Google Online Security Blog • “The latest news and insights from Google on security and safety on the Internet.”

SC Magazine AU • “Secure Business Intelligence” “for IT Security professionals.” Australian edition. @scmagazineAU

SC Magazine UK • “Secure Business Intelligence” “for IT Security professionals.” UK edition. @scmagazineUK

Security Musings • Security blog by Gemini Security Solutions. @geminisecurity

Office of Inadequate Security • News site documenting data breaches. Same author as @PogoWasRight

Contagio • “A collection of the latest malware samples, threats, observations, and analyses.” @snowfl0w

Krebs on Security by Brian Krebs • “In-depth security news and investigation” by a former Washington Post reporter, covering online crime investigations, new threats, security updates, data breaches and cyber justice. Facebook page @briankrebs

F-Secure Labs blog • Cyber-security news from F-Secure Security Labs, by “the personnel responsible for analyzing virus, phishing, spyware, and spam attacks.” Facebook page @FSecure

Infosec Island • News and community site “for IT and network professionals who manage security, risk, and compliance issues.” @InfosecIsland

Cyber-privacy

Technology, Thoughts, and Trinkets • How privacy is affected by digital surveillance, with a focus on deep packet inspection. By Christopher Parsons, PhD student at the University of Victoria, Canada. @caparsons

Pogo Was Right • “Privacy news from around the world.” Also blogs at Office of Inadequate Security. @PogoWasRight

Ashkan Soltani • “Independent researcher and consultant focused on privacy, security, and behavioral economics.” @ashk4n +Ashkan Soltani

Eben Moglen • Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Affiliated with: Software Freedom Law Center, Freedom Box

Slight Paranoia by Christopher Soghoian • Blog with analysis and opinion by the Washington DC-based security and privacy researcher. @csoghoian

Niche topics in fields relevant to the politics of digital networks

CJNEWS India • India-focused collective blog with news and opinion about techno-legal issues.

TorrentFreak • Blog “where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide.” @torrentfreak

Cornelius Puschmann’s Blog • Blog “blog on Linguistics, Digital Humanities and Scholarly Communication on the Internet.” @coffee001

Mapping Online Publics • Research blog by the New Media and Public Communication program at Queensland University of Technology, with a focus on Twitter data gathering, processing, textual analysis and visualization.

Web Ecology Project • “An interdisciplinary research group based in Boston, Massachusetts focusing on using large scale data mining to analyze the system-wide flows of culture and community online.”

Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting • International broadcasting, public diplomacy. @kaedotcom

Geospatial Science and Technology Policy • “News on Geospatial Science, Technology, Law and Society” @Geodatapolicy

Ogle Earth • “Examining how internet mapping tools like Google Earth affect science and society.” By Stefan Geens, also the author of Dliberation. @ogleearth +Stefan Geens

The Centre for Spatial Law and Policy • Blog and online resources on laws and policies relating to spatial and location data in terms of privacy, national security and intellectual property. Run by Kevin Pomfret.

Res Communis • Blog “on the legal aspects of human activities using aerospace technologies” at the University of Mississippi Schol of Law’s National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law.

North Korea Tech • “Dedicated to following IT in the DPRK”, by Martyn Williams. @northkoreatech

People conversant in the politics of digital networks

(who are not currently frequent bloggers)
Evgeny Morozov • Author of “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom“. @evgenymorozov

Rebecca MacKinnon • Internet freedom activist whose blog is on hiatus while she writes “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom”. @rmack +Rebecca MacKinnon

Ben Hammersley • “The effects of the internet on society, foreign policy, business, and culture.” @benhammersley

Beth Noveck • Professor at New York Law School, focuses on the future of democracy in the 21st century: “How digital networks impact institutions and how we can use such technologies to strengthen democratic culture.” Founded Do Tank. @bethnoveck +Beth Noveck

Katherine Maher • ICT & innovation specialist at the World Bank. “Tech, development, and human rights nerd.” @krmaher +Katherine Maher

Sameer Padania • Runs Macroscope, “a research, policy and advocacy consultancy working on the future of human rights, media and technology.” @sameerpadania

Sami ben Gharbia • Director of Global Voices Advocacy, co-founder of Tunisian group blog nawaat.org. @ifikra

Tom Glaisyer • Knight Media Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation, where he is involved with their Media Policy Initiative. Studies “the interplay between digital infrastructure, its use, and democratic institutions in society.” @tglaisyer

Thought leaders in fields relevant to the politics of digital networks

(in no particular order)
Jonathan Zittrain @ + teaches Internet Law at Harvard
Lawrence Lessig @ + co-founded Creative Commons
Dan Gillmor @ + teaches digital media entrepreneurship
Steven Levy @ + wrote “In The Plex” about Google
Joichi Ito @ + directs MIT media lab
Danah Boyd @ + researches online youth behaviour
Doc Searls @ + co-authored “The Cluetrain manifesto”
Jay Rosen @ + teaches journalism at NYU
Micah Sifry @ + organizes Personal Democracy Forum
Andrew Rasiej @ + organizes Personal Democracy Forum
Jeff Jarvis @ + wrote “What Would Google Do”
Tim Berners-Lee @ invented the World Wide Web
Clay Shirky @ + wrote “Cognitive Surplus”
Douglas Rushkoff @ + wrote “Program or Be Programmed”
Jaron Lanier pioneered virtual reality
Seth Godin @ + pioneered permission marketing
Tim Wu @ defends network neutrality
Vint Cerf co-invented the Internet
Mark Pesce @ co-invented VRML
Carl Bildt @ is Sweden’s tech-savvy foreign minister
Misha Glenny @ wrote “DarkMarket” about cybercrime
Hans Rosling @ developed Gapminder
John Perry Barlow @ Co-founded EFF
Yochai Benkler @ wrote “The Wealth of Networks“