Australian eDemocracy
New Report: Digital Futures - The Internet in Australia
This report, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Innovation at the Swinburn University’s Institute for Social Research, presents findings from the first survey undertaken by the Australian component of the World Internet Project.
Cast your vote for those who are changing the world of Internet and politics
For the ninth year in a row, Politics Online and the World eDemocracy Forum will be awarding the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics at the World eDemocracy Forum. The award recognises innovators and pioneers "who bring democracy online".
'Cybernauts' for Obama
The Obama campaign has launched a team of "cybernauts" who will supply rapid responses to Internet rumours, according to an article in The Times.
Circumventing Internet Censorship in China during the Olympics
A group of German hackers called the Chaos Computer Club has created a device that allows journalists, athletes and visitors to detour around the "Great Firewall of China". Called a "freedom stick", the device is a USB drive with a toolkit for using the TOR network, which is a worldwide system of servers run by volunteers that circumvents censorship by anonymising data packets. It encrypts the data sent over the network and routes it through different servers within the TOR network, making it impossible to trace the data back to the source. The CCC will be offering use of “freedom sticks” during the two weeks of the Olympics.
Australia gets Google Street View
Australia is only the third country in the world to get Google Street View, which shows close-up photos of homes, businesses and landmarks in Australian cities and towns, accessible through Google Maps Australia.