'Hactavists' Get $3M for Internet Monitoring

raceface writes "The CBC is reporting that a group from the University of Toronto know as the Citizen Lab has received a $3 million grant. They intend to use the grant money to monitor and determine who is blocking information access on the internet." The grant, given to an international project that fights censorship, was given to the group by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, a Chicago-based institution.

Comments

Mirrors?

[LiquidCoooled]

I can't seem to connect to the site for some reason.

Re:Mirrors?

[Fex303]

I can't seem to connect to the site for some reason. So... How is China this time of year, anyhow?

Re:Mirrors?

[unhuman_being]

Yes I make mistakes. Don't we all?

Well, since the site is connecting fine over here, I'm presuming you did it again. :)

Re:Mirrors?

[LiquidCoooled]

When I used to work in the local college, the web proxy was periodically updated with dodgy domains.
One time, the admin ran the update and for the next couple of hours practically all sites were down.

It took them a while to realise that blocking all domains with *.c* in them wasn't the best approach.

heh

[wwmedia]

$3 million grant. They intend to use the grant money to monitor and determine who is blocking information access on the internet
heh u dont have far to go just GOOGLE IT!

But do they run...

[afaik_ianal]

Since these guys are all for freedom of information, and all that good stuff, do you reckon the research team would run Linux? ;)

Finders Fee available?

[magores]

$100 per correct answer?

-Google
-Microsoft
-China
-Saudi Arabia
-Iran
-North Korea
-Every other country in the world, to some extent or another.

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Minus $100 for every OBVIOUS answer?

Where do I send the check?

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M

Re:Free Speech 2.0

[elrous0]

2. Polarization of the citizenry such that members of each party are inclined to prefer gravitas-laden Spin-Alley journalism over fact-based reporting. The beauty of this is that market forces guarantee the creation of these entities at no cost to the taxpayer.

Are you daring to question the truthiness of modern journalism, sir? Why, just last night I saw hard-hitting journalists on CNN mulling over numerous sensationalist celebrity court cases that could effect our lives. Are you saying THAT'S not serious journalism?!?!?

-Eric