Danny O'Brien

Danny O'Brien

Electronic Frontier Foundation

From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 – well before the Internet was on most people’s radar – and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.

Sessions

11:00am - 11:45am Wednesday, 03/05/2008
The EFF's "On A Brighter Note..."
General
 Location: Marina Ballroom F
Danny O'Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Cindy Cohn (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Kevin Bankston (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Emily Berger (Electronic Frontier Foundation), Tim Jones (Electronic Frontier Foundation), John Perry Barlow (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
A more-optimistic-than-usual Electronic Frontier Foundation reveals: near-future technology that will help defend your rights, policy initiatives that could help save the Net, and techniques you can bake into your work that will help preserve freedom online. Read more.
9:35am - 10:20am Thursday, 03/06/2008
Going Global With Theft-Based Activism
General
 Location: Mission Hills
Tom Loosemore (Ofcom), Stefan Magdalinski (MOO Print Ltd), Danny O'Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
For the past decade, through sites such as TheyWorkForYou.com, civic hackers have been using the web to catalyse crowd-sourced reform of the UK's democratic institutions. Tom and Stef will discuss the application of these techniques to global challenges such as the UN and climate change. Read more.
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  • ZDNet

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