UK Indymedia - UK Technology Newswire Archive

WSIS: Security and privacy risks

10-12-2003 16:27

An international group of independent researchers attending the Word Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS) has revealed important technical and legal
flaws, relating to data protection and privacy, in the security system used
to control access to the UN Summit.

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[Milan-Cop9] "UN to allow GM-Trees for producing carbon credits"

10-12-2003 11:28

Diplomats made a draft-plan at the Cop9 Climate Conference in Milan Tuesday that includes genetically-modified trees as a means to generate carbon credits. According to proponents, trees soak up carbon and can be used to reduce the quantity of CO2 in the air, one of the six main greenhousegases. Ministers will arrive in Milan on Wednesday to further discuss.

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WSIS news + background coverage (2 items)

09-12-2003 20:45

couple of references:

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UK indymedia is effective

09-12-2003 16:31

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Police raid 'We Seize!' Polimedia Lab

09-12-2003 12:02

Early reports from this week's World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva suggest that local police have raided the Polimedia Lab which is part of the counter-Summit activities collectively known as 'We Seize!'.

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WSIS Polymedia Lab Closed by Riot Police

09-12-2003 11:57

The WE SEIZE! Polimedia Lab which was planned as a temporary media and communications laboratory in Geneva was closed by police this morning.

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WSIS Report From Geneva - Wednesday 8th Dec

08-12-2003 21:09

Reports from Monday 8th December
wsis in geneva

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Nuclear fuel railed through Bavaria to france

08-12-2003 19:56

Castor through Bavaria to France tomorrow or Wednesday

A train carrying highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel rods will pass Regensburg in Bavaria tomorrow or Wednesday, reports the local Greenpeace group. Their media release says the train with two Castor caskets will start out from the Isar2 nuclear power station at Essensbach near Landau and head for the plutonium factory at La Hague on the north-west French coast.

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Greenpeace action against French nuclear power

08-12-2003 18:49

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Free Wifi Hotspot Access

07-12-2003 11:14

As BT offers a free weeks trial WiFi internet access, another AP on Burngreave Road goes live.

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Debates and Actions around Climate Conference in Milan

07-12-2003 03:33

The central focus of the current Climate Conference in Milan is Russia and their position on the Kyoto Climate Protocol. If Russia would join Kyoto, it creates cheap ways for the EU to meet its reduction targets. Those actions taking place outside of the Conference focus instead on the root cause of climate change, the fossil fuel economy. The lack of action by the United Nations, should make people around the world aware not to depend on states and corporations, but instead to create social-ecological alternatives in our daily lives.

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!!! we seize mutant ninja direct action !!!

05-12-2003 14:54

Yesterday evening a crack team of mutant ninja media subversives stormed Sheffield City Centre to highlight next week's United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and, in particular, the counter-summit actions collectively known as 'We Seize!'.

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"We Seize" - Press Release #1

04-12-2003 16:24

On Thu Dec 4, the geneva 03 collective wrote a press release explaining their "We Seize" project during the WSIS - UN World Summit of the Information Society.

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Auntie goes WSIS...

04-12-2003 00:17

The bloated and swollen BBC machine has lumbered into action as things start to heat up for next week's first ever World Summit on the Information Society held at the United Nations in Geneva.

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Lancaster IMC 'Re-Load' Sun Dec 14th

02-12-2003 15:33

A discussion and skills-sharing event taking place in Lancaster Dec 14th, to re-load and kick-start the Lancaster IMC

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WSIS Strategic Conference

02-12-2003 12:42

Part of the "WSIS? WE SEIZE!" events and actions taking place around the World Summit on Information Society , S-CONF is two days of open discussions involving local Genevans, WSIS delegates, NGO members, info-activists and diverse net participants. The conference is intended to allow exploration of the key issues involved in information
politics - including those excluded or removed from the official WSIS agenda.

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Pressure from DFES to rewrite history

28-11-2003 14:24

The DFES is pressuring me to remove historical information from the web

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Fighting London's New Runway

27-11-2003 12:05

London Earth First! are holding an open discussion on the plans for a new runway in the South East and how we can fight it.

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barcode yourself

26-11-2003 10:20

click on the link-

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private-sector think tank offers its expertise to the FBI.

25-11-2003 15:14

In an effort to turn the tide in the war on terrorism, a private-sector think tank offers its expertise to the FBI.