Søkemotorenes makt

Propaganda, filtrering og sensur tar nye former i søkemotorer. (Article for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet about the sociopolitical implications of censure and filtering of search engines, specifically Baidu and Google in China, based on article written by Min Jiang.) Hva: En ny studie sammenligner søkemotorene Google og Baidu i Kina.Hvem: Min Jiang, førsteamanuensis ved University of North Carolina.Betydning: Fortiden kan viskes … Continue reading →

March 12 Online Free Expression day – support Amnesty’s campaign

I do of course support it. Last year, Reporters without Borders launched the first Online Free Expression day on March 12. This year, Amnesty Norway has launched a huge freedom of speech-campaign (only Norwegian) and they give you a list of 12 different things you can do on March 12 (several of them social media … Continue reading →

About Baywords, Obama as Muslim and a Norwegian EU blog

What a hectic week! Now, it’s the weekend, and time to lower the shoulders. And do some blogging. But before I log out (for a few hours), here are some neat stories I enjoyed today: The people behind The Pirate Bay has started an blog service, Baywords, in order to protect freedom of speach (Via … Continue reading →