How the internet is radically changing the US-backed dictatorship of Egypt.

And nothing will ever be the same again.

Sydney PEN, an affiliate of International PEN, is an association of
writers devoted to freedom of expression in Australia and in the world
at large. In accordance with the PEN Charter it uses its influence on
behalf of writers anywhere who are silenced by persecution, exile or
imprisonment and acts as an authoritative source on matters of free
expression.

In their latest newsletter, I was commissioned to write an essay about my book, The Blogging Revolution, and the role of blogging in challenging authoritarian states.

Western media ignores these developments out of fear and ignorance.

Get ready for an online explosion with President-elect Barack Obama reportedly about to launch an ongoing series of YouTube talks and interviews with the general public.

Internet censorship is increasingly occurring in so-called democracies, including Argentina.

The Australian government’s plans to censor the internet are causing justified outrage.

I was interviewed today by The Podcast Network about these issues, what activists can do to oppose the changes and the possible reasons behind them.

(Here’s my previous interview with The Podcast Network about my book The Blogging Revolution.)

Is independent blogging really on its last legs, being subsumed by mainstream and corportaised versions of the medium?

My following article in today's Melbourne Age is about the Australian government's proposals to censor the internet.

Australian blogger Amy Bradney-George asks the question, and discusses the book.

Washington Prism is a "weekly on-line journal of culture, politics and
public affairs in Persian [and English], dedicated to bringing the news and views of
concern from the United States and beyond to the Persian speaking
countries and communities in an accurate, comprehensive and analytical
manner."

I was interviewed recently by Hamid Tehrani about my book.

Online Journalism Blog is one of the world’s leading spaces for discussing new media and citizen journalism. One of its key players, Paul Bradshaw, who lectures in the UK, has written the following piece about my book.