Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent
discussion-list post "Re: Free Speech in the Age of YouTube #2" [Hake
(2012)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Celinda Scott (2012a) of the Dewey-L list wrote at
<http://bit.ly/NMZl0U> (URL's added): "Shibley Telhami
<http://bit.ly/NMPsQS> and Lawrence Printak <http://pintak.com/>, . .
. . . were guests on the PBS News Hour tonight
<http://to.pbs.org/QQwJBF>. The topic was attitudes to free speech
in the mideast, the call from some in the mideast for the US and
other countries to 'outlaw blasphemy,' and related topics."
More recently, Celinda (2012b) pointed to a valuable report by NYT
technology correspondent Somini Sengupta <http://nyti.ms/QeYCpC>:
a. "Free Speech in the Age of YouTube" [Sengupta (2012a)] at
<http://nyti.ms/QdsH96>. Sengupta, in turn, pointed to:
b. "As Violence Spreads in Arab World, Google Blocks Access to
Inflammatory Video" [Miller (2012)] at <http://nyti.ms/PRnB0f>.
c. "On Web, a Fine Line on Free Speech Across the Globe" [Sengupta
(2012b)] at <http://nyti.ms/Sqywll>;
d. "When Censorship Makes Sense: How YouTube Should Police Hate
Speech" [Wu (2012)] at <http://bit.ly/PBdlcH>;
e. the Global Network Initiative <http://bit.ly/SqEZMZ> "Protecting
and Advancing Freedom of Expression and Privacy in Information and
Communications Technologies";
f. "Dangerous Speech along the Path to Mass Violence" [Benesch
(2012)] at <http://bit.ly/Qzwr1N>; and
g. Shibley Telhami at <http://bit.ly/NMPsQS> who "hoped the violence
over the video would encourage a nuanced conversation about how to
safeguard free expression with other values, like public safety."
Sengupta (2012a) ends her report with: "One of the challenges of the
digital age, as the YouTube case shows, is that speech articulated in
one part of the world can spark mayhem in another. Can the companies
that run those speech platforms predict what words and images might
set off carnage elsewhere? WHOEVER BUILDS THAT ALGORITHM MAY END UP
SAVING LIVES.. . . [[My CAPS.]]. . . .
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REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 24 Sept 2012.
Hake, R.R. 2012. "Re: Free Speech in the Age of YouTube #2" online on
the OPEN AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/Shu6Hy>. Post of 24 Sep
2012 15:24:14-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to
the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists
and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/SiZrhm>
with a provision for comments.