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Awesome news for friends of DHCS, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries!
Internet
Well. This is the best thing we’ve seen in a while.
From artist Martin Vargic comes this beautiful, ultra-high-resolution fictional map of the internet — scaled using actual from Alexa to rank the top 500 or so websites by traffic in the entire world.
Click through to see the full resolution version (worth it).
In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control?
She believes the internet is headed for a “Magna Carta” moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection.
Bedrocket Takes Stake in YouTube Channel 'What's Trending':
Digital Hollywood Content Summit participant, “What’s Trending" has partnerned with Bedrocket Media Ventures, an Internet media firm and YouTube multichannel network operator, in a seven-figure investment.
What’s Trending is a YouTube channel whose daily talkshow that generates more than 2 million views per month. It airs daily on YouTube at 3 p.m. Eastern.
Internet talkshow is hosted by Shira Lazar and produced by Lazar and Damon Berger.