John PalfreyFrom the Berkman Center at Harvard Law SchoolLeaked Cisco Document: Chinese Censorship among Opportunities- May 22, 2008 As WIRED is reporting, a leaked Cisco presentation (online here) makes clear that, in 2002, Cisco team members saw censorship in China as an opportunity to sell equipment to the state. The presentation, in slide 57, cites what appears to be a Chinese official saying that one of the goals of Operation Golden Shield ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/22/leaked-cisco-document-chinese-censorship-a... Testimony on Internet Filtering and Surveillance- May 20, 2008 Mister Chairman, distinguished members of the Committee: I would like to offer my deep appreciation for the Committees interest in this important matter. Congressional engagement is an important factor in deepening understanding of the nexus between global Internet freedom and corporate responsibility, and an essential element for ensuring that the Internet continues on its path towards ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/20/testimony-on-internet-filtering-and-survei... Digital Natives Myth-Busting Session at Berkman10- May 16, 2008 Our session on Digital Natives as part of the unconference day 2 is focused on Myth-Busting. We put up on the conference wiki a bunch of myths online that we&8217;ve been working to bust (or to affirm). Our mode is to put these myths to the attendees, see which ones they would like ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/16/digital-natives-myth-busting-session-at-be... A Kick-Off for The Publius Project- May 15, 2008 This morning, at our 10th Anniversary celebration, we are talking about the future of politics and the Net. The notes I&8217;ve prepared with my colleagues in advance of the session are here, on the conference wiki; have at them!) Before we start the real-space conversation, a quick pause to introduce a new project, ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/15/a-kick-off-for-the-publius-project/ Congratulations to Phil Malone and Wendy Jacobs- May 13, 2008 The Harvard Law School just announced the promotion of Phil Malone (in cyberlaw and intellectual property) and Wendy Jacobs (in environmental law) to the full-time faculty as clinical professors. Phil Malone has been the director of the Berkman Center clinical program for the past few years, first with Jeff Cunard and Bruce Keller as ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/13/congratulations-to-phil-malone-and-wendy-j... Myth-Busting: Kids and Information Technology- May 12, 2008 We&8217;re planning our session on Digital Natives for the Berkman10 conference later this week. The idea is to hold a &8220;myth-busting&8221; session. A first pass of myths are up on the conference wiki. The idea is to discuss some of the common misconceptions about kids and technology that we explore in our forthcoming book, Born ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/12/myth-busting-kids-and-information-technolo... Duke and Open Access- May 8, 2008 It&8217;s been noted that Duke Law School has a long history of leadership in this area, beginning with an online repository for its faculty&8217;s scholarship (dating from 2005) and its journals made accessible online (starting back in 1997!), both of which well predate HLS&8217;s vote on an opt-out Open Access policy last week. Prof. ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/08/duke-and-open-access/ HLS Goes Open Access, Unanimously- May 7, 2008 I&8217;m just delighted that the Harvard Law School faculty has voted unanimously to adopt an open access policy. This policy is consistent with the policy adopted by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences earlier this year. Here is what we approved: &8220;The Faculty of the Harvard Law School is committed to disseminating the fruits of ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/05/07/hls-goes-open-access-unanimously/ |