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 CONTENT: the World Wide Web of desire
29/05/2008 -- It is obvious that the discourse around content regulation has shifted mostly towards the protection of children from harmful content and child pornography on the internet. Any references to gender-related concerns were dropped, including even problematic conceptions that women and children need the paternalistic protection of the state or international bodies from harmful content. Namita Malhotra asks the questions in this APC issue paper on content regulation on the internet. |

 

 What is the future of ideas?
25/02/2008 -- Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig and his publisher Random House have released another one of his books, The Future of Ideas free for download. In the book Lessig explains how the internet revolution has produced a counter-revolution of devastating power and effect and argues that as the internet faces the challenges of intellectual property laws, it should not become so controlled that it discourages innovation and creativity in the digital world. |

 

 IGF: Regulating harmful content
26/11/2007 -- Should states regulate content on the internet? What content is acceptable online, what content is not? These questions were raised at the recent Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Rio. |

 

 Kilinux OSS innovation Propels ICT Localization in Ki-Swahili
21/03/2005 -- Despite rapid adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into administration, education, media and several sectors of the economy, the greatest challenge remains on how the image of these new technologies could be altered to please majority of local population who still view them as tools designed for the minority elite. International |

 

Introductory/getting started

 GETTING STARTED: What is 'net neutrality'?
16/07/2007 -- The principle of 'net neutrality', sometimes referred as “network neutrality” or “internet neutrality”, is about equal access to the internet. It is concerned with the fact that everybody's content should receive equal treatments in terms of speed and reliability, and be transmitted on a first-in-first-out basis. It also refers to an internet network that is free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment attached and the modes of communication allowed. GenderIT.org has compiled a useful reference for ICT jargon. | WSIS