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Free Speech and Censorship in Cyberspace: Evolution or Revolution?

Session Details

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Farragut Room (Plaza Level)

Session Type: General Session

Speaker(s)

  • Robert Cox, President, Media Bloggers Association
  • Lucie Morillon, Washington Director, Reporters Without Borders
  • Paul Syverson, Mathematician, Center for High Assurance Computer Systems (CHACS), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
  • Session moderator: Steven Worona, Director of Policy & Networking Programs, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

Everyone knows that "the Internet interprets censorship as failure and routes around it," but as the Net grows more powerful and important, the motivation increases for governments, corporations, and interest groups to limit the free flow of information. This session will examine several prominent current examples of this increasingly troubling trend.
 
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