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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.
ISIS
ISIS: waging war on social media
Inside the Islamic State propaganda machine [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-islamic-states-propaganda-machine/2015/11/20/051e997a-8ce6-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2b_story.html] : > Senior media operatives are treated as “emirs” of equal rank to their military counterparts. They are directly involved in decisions on strategy and territory. They preside over hundreds of videographers,
charlie hebdo
The Charlie Hebdo Backlash
A swath of prominent American literary figures are worried by the support for Charlie Hebdo [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/05/america-s-literary-elite-takes-a-bold-stand-against-dead-journalists.html] after the shootings earlier this year. but their arguments don’t always tarry with reality: > Elsewhere, the #JeSuisCharlie brigades were admonished for affiliating with
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Charlie Hebdo: a cartoonist's response
From my friend and colleague, Matt Buck [http://hackcartoonsdiary.com/blog/]: [https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/01/Charlie-Hebdo_07_01_15.jpg]
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 want to destroy it [http://www.
flightglobal
Bloggers, The TSA and Pressure on Sources
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2010/01/19256_239017416075_186636391075_3846705_425986_n-1549.html] 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
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 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2007/alan_johnston/default.stm]. A man who has been
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 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6257194.stm]. Too early to make too many assumptions [http://fraserspeirs.livejournal.com/1129636.html] about the
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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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6252276.stm] But it sure as hell beats waking up to hear that a bomb has gone off.
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Travel Sickness
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/213450091/] 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,
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Beth gets attention, too
I wasn’t the only one to get attention, it seems: bethlet.net: Blog [http://web.archive.org/web/20061207001847/http://bethlet.net/catacombs/000758.html] : > Second, everyone pick up a copy of the USA Today tomorrow. I was interviewed by Mark Memmott today about the bombings and how
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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.