Free Post livestreaming After Christchurch: how do we curtail the spread of video from atrocities? The Christchurch attack was a terrorist event for the social media age. We need to address this situation on multiple levels to minimise the harm done.
Free Post ISIS ISIS: waging war on social media Inside the Islamic State propaganda machine: Senior media operatives are treated as “emirs” of equal rank to their military counterparts. They are directly involved in decisions on strategy and territory.
Free Post charlie hebdo The Charlie Hebdo Backlash A swath of prominent American literary figures are worried by the support for Charlie Hebdo after the shootings earlier this year. but their arguments don’t always tarry with reality:
Free Post charlie hebdo Satire is a powerful weapon of democracy Satire is a wonderful part of our political debate. Satire is an under-appreciated part of journalism. Satirical websites and magazines are a celebration of what it means to be human, and a powerful tool to undermine those who would control us. No wonder people
Free Post flightglobal Bloggers, The TSA and Pressure on Sources Even in my quasi-social media isolation, I became aware that there was some sort of run-in happening between bloggers and the US Transport Security Administration (TSA), based on bloggers republishing a new directive in the wake of the Christmas Day bombing attempt. Now I’
Free Post alan johnston Still Supporting Alan Johnston Busy day today but, while rushing from meeting to meeting, I passed the BBC’s Bush House, and saw this poster reminding the world of the plight of Alan Johnston.
Free Post bombs Car Attack on Glasgow Airport Looks like yesterday’s failed attack on London wasn’t an isolated incident: there’s been a possible suicide car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport. Too early to make too many assumptions about the reasons behind it, but the witness interviews going on on
Free Post bombs Bomb Found in London's Picadilly Circus Area It’s not much fun waking up to news of a bomb being found in your city. But it sure as hell beats waking up to hear that a bomb has gone off.
Free Post aircraft Travel Sickness I should be in France right now. I really should. I should have taken off from London Stanstead yesterday afternoon and landed in Poitiers an hour or so later. Thanks to terrorism, a somewhat extreme reaction from the security forces and bottled drinks, I’
Free Post 070705 Beth gets attention, too I wasn’t the only one to get attention, it seems: bethlet.net: Blog: Second, everyone pick up a copy of the USA Today tomorrow. I was interviewed by Mark Memmott today about the bombings and how that was affecting the blogsphere. Last I
Free Post 0707 London's Shut It’s amazing how many of London’s businesses, including restaurants and bars, were shut by the time I headed for home. The evening economy was not in full swing. That said, those pubs that were open were doing a roaring trade.
Free Post 0707 The big trek home .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/24328738/ "photo sharing") The big trek home, originally uploaded
Free Post 0707 Comic reaction John Allison of Scary-go-round fame comments on the day in cartoon form.
