December 24, 2013

A Christmas Message from Ed Snowden

Edward Snowden was invited by Britain’s Channel 4 to provide a Christmas message to the good people of Britain during the same time slot the Queen was imparting hers. When Channel 4 was challenged by their decision to air Snowden’s message Jon Snow of Channel 4 responded on Twitter stating –

@leshinton @Channel4 If the UK Government had any balls we’d grant Snowden asylum for Christmas, he’s done the world a service

— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) December 24, 2013

Bravo! Jon Snow! Indeed he has done the “world a service” and as regular readers of The T-Room are most aware, Britain lacks “the balls” and would rather put their precious resources into kidnapping him to a) shut him up and b) to shut him up. Well, today, he has a short Christmas message for you and we sincerely hope you’ll click on full story to hear it – [Read more…]

September 24, 2013

Watch Brazil's Pres. Dilma Rousseff Speech at UN w/Transcript

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff –

As many other Latin Americans, I fought against authoritarianism and censorship, and I cannot but defend, in an uncompromising fashion, the right to privacy of individuals and the sovereignty of my country. In the absence of the right to privacy, there can be no true freedom of expression and opinion, and therefore no effective democracy. In the absence of the respect for sovereignty, there is no basis for the relationship among Nations. [Read more…]

May 2, 2013

"Digital Tattoos?"

What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy. He shares insight from the ancient Greeks to help us deal with our new “digital tattoos.” [Read more…]

January 22, 2013

James Corbett and The Last Word on Privacy

To read the full transcript click – http://www.corbettreport.com/fisa-facebook-and-the-end-of-privacy/

January 30, 2012

Inside Story: The impact of Twitter's censorship plan

As Twitter introduces a new procedure for self-censorship, is this the end of freedom of expression on the internet? Al Jazeera’s Inside Story discusses the impact of Twitter’s decision to censor.

Al Jazeera Inside Story [Read more…]