SXSW 2012 - Living in the Matrix: Communicating past Agent ‘Smith’

Living in the Matrix: Communicating past Agent ‘Smith’
Event	Interactive 2010
Format	Panel
Organizer	Sacha Tueni – Facebook
Description	What if communication channels we take for granted were shut down at will? How can we ensure our original word is heard – past protected, filtered electronic walls? How do corporate and government structures influence consumption, distribution, and verification of information? And how do we know when they cross the line?
Questions Answered	What access do we own: what access is really in corporate or government hands? Deep packet inspection, national firewalls, regulatory filtering: violations of civil liberty or questions of national security? Can we party with Pirates: What can media crusaders teach us about civil liberties? Are we all dogs on the Internet: When is anonymity valuable? What is trust: how does anonymity affect reputation in relationships? Can social networks help establish trust: can the friends of the friend of your friends be trusted? When networks die: how can we communicate beyond infrastructure? Who is faster: can the speed of information flow outrun attempts to censor it? What is evil: Nokia, Siemens, Google, Yahoo, etc.: are companies supporting good or evil in countries where monitoring ranks higher than ‘free’ speech? Blind faith: how can we expose unknown and insidiuous censorship?
Level	Intermediate
Category	Blogging, Case Study, Community / Online Community, Social Issues, Social Networking

Living in the Matrix: Communicating past Agent ‘Smith’