Public meeting: The war on the internet

Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 15:00

The response of governments and corporations to Wikileaks, Anonymous, the Occupy movement and the Arab Spring has been defensive and warlike. The internet and social media were declared tools of agitation. Behaviour that sought peaceful democratic reform was characterised as treasonous or even terrorist. Speakers: Jacob Applebaum (core member of the Tor project for online anonymity, based at the University of Washington, he has been repeatedly targeted by US law enforcement); Bernard Keane (Crikey journalist, author of War on the Internet); Scott Ludlam ( Australian Greens senator); Suelette Dreyfus (author & researcher on whistleblowing). A message from Julian Assange will kick off the event. Entry free.

New Council Chambers, Trades Hall, cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton South.

Organised by Electronic Frontiers Australia & the Greens.