[spectre] Web Symposium: The Middle East, the Revolution, and the Internet.

[Franck Ancel]

On Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 12:00 PM EST (GMT-5) Access will be 
hosting a live streamed online symposium entitled: /The Middle East, the 
Revolution, and the Internet/. The full description of the event appears 
below. Symposium participants include:

    * Frank La Rue: United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion
      and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
    * Marietje Schaake: Dutch Member of the European Parliament
    * Jillian York: Harvard University Berkman Center
    * Tarek Amr: Egyptian Digital Activist on Global Voices
    * Walid Al-Saqaf: Yemeni software developer and journalist
    * Brett Solomon: Access (Moderator)

/During the event, you can tweet questions using the #Q4Access hashtag 
or e-mail us at info at accessnow.org/.


      The Middle East, the Revolution, and the Internet

Tech-utopians and tech-doomsayers continue their debate over the impact 
of the internet on politics and democracy. Meanwhile mass demonstrations 
have spread across the Middle East, causing the downfall of one 
government and putting others on high alert. In each case we know 
technology has played a vital role in mobilizing protestors and 
transmitting information in real time around the globe. The existential 
threat it plays to a regime has been demonstrated by Egypt's internet 
shutdown. "The Middle East, the Revolution and the Internet" brings 
together experts in the field to discuss and debate the issues in real time.

Access's live web symposium will examine the impact of new (social) 
media and the internet on political freedom. On the one hand, we can 
expect grassroots activists to make use of technology to facilitate 
their activities. On the other hand, the new era provides opportunities 
for dictators and regimes to survey and monitor like never before. With 
voices from academia to the front line, Access will explore how 
activists use the net, the challenges for state actors, and the likely 
winners and losers in the digital cat and mouse game.

Please join us for this in-depth and dynamic discussion.

https://www.accessnow.org/policy-activism/press-blog/The-Middle-East-The-Revolution-And-The-Internet
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