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A blog that speaks freely about legal issues facing the media and the internet. It mainly covers issues relating to the legal regulation of the internet and the media, but at times Constitutional law issues and politics are discussed. While the focus is on Australia, developments in other nations around the world are considered as well.

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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 25, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: slate's @fmanjoo says "The new Hotmail gives Gmail a run for its money" http://j.mp/cS9iVS but op-ed pieces are always just one person's opinion ... "The Washington Post Shouldn't Run Pro-Facebook Propaganda" http://j...

Guess who is hosting Blawg Review next week?

Posted on May 25, 2010
Next week I am once again hosting Blawg Review, a weekly round-up of posts from around the blawgosphere. This will be the fifth time I have hosted Blawg Review here on Freedom to Differ, having previously hosted Blawg Review #85 in November 2006, Blawg Review #136 in November 2007, Blawg...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 24, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: and about time too ... "Pennsylvania AG Dropping Twitter Subpoena" http://j.mp/aJyjTw in case you haven't seen this yet ... "Mark Zuckerberg - From Facebook, answering privacy concerns with new settings" http://j...

Threat Level: "No Contempt, No Jail for Spamming a Judge"

Posted on May 24, 2010
A federal appeals court has overturned a criminal contempt citation and 30-day sentence issued to a civil litigant who urged his followers to e-mail the judge presiding over the case. The case tested the reach of judicial contempt authority (.pdf) in the digital age...

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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 23, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: a settlement is looking more and more unlikely ... "'Fuck those motherfuckers': YouTube/Viacom suit gets nasty" http://j.mp/cutKfM mmm delicious ... "Hershey Starts a Chocolate War" http://j...

techPresident: Justices Scalia, Breyer Asked Whether They "Twit"

Posted on May 23, 2010
Doing the Supreme Court's annual pilgrimage to Capitol Hill yesterday, Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer were asked about their interest in Twitter. "Have either of y'all," Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) put to the justices, "ever considered tweeting, or twitting?" Scalia was dismissive...

Crash! Bang! Wallow?

Posted on May 23, 2010
Check out ?Crash! Bang! Wallow??, the short film that has won the sixth NFB Online Short Film Contest, an annual competition for shorts run by the National Film Board of Canada during the Cannes Film Festival. The choice was made not by a Cannes jury, but by the public, who...

Write the Future

Posted on May 23, 2010
At virtually the same time Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was debut his long-awaited Biutiful at Cannes, Nike was launching his epic "Write The Future" ad for the World Cup. And this may be his true masterpiece. Coming in at 3 minutes and to be chopped up into many smaller spots, the...

Write the Future

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 20, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: what a ridiculous idea ... Proposed Louisiana Law Would Ban Any Online Speech Intended to ?Embarrass, or Cause Emotional Distress? to an Under-17-Year-Old" http://j.mp/cCK8Kj we got a new seesmic today, tomorrow we get a new tweetdeck ...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 19, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: finally getting around to reading this from earlier today ... "Google and Groggle enter negotiations" http://j.mp/dftFm0 i hope not ... "Is Firefox Headed Towards A Massive Decline? Its Co-Founder Thinks So" http://j...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 18, 2010
These are some of the things I have been tweeting about today: gwen ifill responds to @jayrosen_nyu's criticisms of "washington week" http://j.mp/biYITB (read jay's critique here http://j.mp/a4a42x) the atlantic wire argues "It's Not Facebook's Fault?It's Yours" http://j...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 17, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: the daily beast compiles a list of "The 30 All-Time Graduation Speakers" http://j.mp/chW9Ye did you hear about the nashville floods? no? well, @HowardKurtz looks at "The flood the media's radar missed" http://j...

Gawker: "The Seven Most Over-Used Journalistic Cliches"

Posted on May 17, 2010
An unsung hero has found an outpouring of support from concerned residents for a project in which he went through over 20,000 newspaper articles looking for the worst cliches. Here's what he found at the end of the day. Journalist Chris Pash, who works for Dow Jones, went through their...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 16, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about over the weekend: according to @tweetcalories http://www.tweetcalories.com/ i've burned 58.71 calories tweeting today http://post.ly/gCHt danah boyd (@zephoria) says "Facebook is a utility; utilities get regulated" http://j...

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Jason Kottke: "How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet"

Posted on May 15, 2010
From 1999, the late great Douglas Adams on How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet. You might worry that Adams' piece is out of date, but it's one those evergreen bits of wisdom that will apply right up until human consciousness is absorbed into the digital cloud...

Diversity on the US Supreme Court

Posted on May 15, 2010
via www.time.com Hat tip: Justin Barbour.

Gink: the Next Great Social Network?

Posted on May 15, 2010
Sketch troupe Derrick Comedy has tackled social networking as the topic of their latest video on CollegeHumor by creating the next next-generation social network: Gink. What is Gink? Well, it?s simple, really: ?Gink is a fun made-up word, combining the words gibble and spink, both of which are also made...

Jason Kottke: "TV as social media"

Posted on May 15, 2010
Although you might think otherwise, people tend to watch TV live, even when recording shows for later viewing on DVRs is an option. The pull of communal activity for the human social animal is strong. Like all social activities, television-watching demands compromise...

Facebook: Facts You Probably Didn't Know

Posted on May 14, 2010
Did you know that the second most popular Facebook Page is that of Homer Simpson, right behind Michael Jackson? Or that the overall amount of time spent on Facebook each month is 8.3 billion hours? (We shudder to think how much of that time is spent on FarmVille)...

The Utube Blog: "Why Greyson Michael Chance will be bigger than Justin Bieber"

Posted on May 14, 2010
Have you heard of Greyson Michael Chance? If you haven?t, you will. He?s this 12 year old kid from Oklahoma who just had his ?YouTube moment.? His cover of Lady Gaga?s Paparazzi. In 1 week, the video has over 9.5 million views. Today, Greyson just appeared on Ellen...

Real people on Twitter for #followfriday

Posted on May 14, 2010
Following the lead of my friend Kate Carruthers, when I do participate in #followfriday on Twitter, I now like to write a short blog post explaining why I am recommending those people. I like this approach as it makes the #followfriday suggestions more personal and gives me an opportunity to...

An update: EFA, a trip to Sydney, back to QUT and beyond

Posted on May 14, 2010
For the past four months I have been working for Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), as the campaign manager of the Open Internet campaign against mandatory internet filtering. It was a real privilege to work with the dedicated and hard working EFA Board, and Nic Suzor and Colin Jacobs in particular,...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 14, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: i knew it! i new study finds that the internet is the key to happiness http://j.mp/cgyeIF hear, hear! ... "Enough About The Check-Ins; Tell Us What People Are Saying Right Now At All Of These Places" http://j...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on May 13, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: i can see myself using link different http://linkdifferent.net/ ... "Don't Bore Your Twitter Followers: Link Different" http://j.mp/d0COcM who will win? ... "Facebook And Twitter Are On A Collision Course...

Just one more post about Elena Kagan

Posted on May 13, 2010
I've already blogged twice this week (see here and here) about the controversy surrounding Elena Kagan's sexuality. I personally have nothing new to add, but I did think I should draw your attention to Howard Kurtz's article on how the media have covered this issue: When Elena Kagan was nominated,...

Eben Moglen: Freedom in the Cloud

Posted on May 13, 2010
The brilliant Eben Moglen, Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University, and founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, recently gave a lecture at the Internet Society of New York on ?Freedom in the Cloud: Software Freedom, Privacy and Security for Web 2...

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