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<nettime> Fwd: ::fibreculture:: Sydney all a-blur |
"It's not because I am paranoid that they won't blurr!" ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Fwd: ::fibreculture:: Sydney all a-blur Date: Tue, August 14, 2007 17:57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Begin forwarded message: > From: dt <david.teh@arts.usyd.edu.au> > Date: 14 August 2007 1:23:23 PM > To: list@fibreculture.org > Subject: ::fibreculture:: Sydney all a-blur > > i know everybody's more interested in talking about social networking > platforms and Second Life these days... but are there any good > old-fashioned Paranoids left out there? > > this (below) raises some big questions about freedom of information, > the corporate-state info-nexus, etc. would love to hear from some > enraged Google-bashers (if you exist?)... > > dt > > > (from SMH online) > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/13/1186857396182.html > > Much of Sydney's CBD as it appears in the satellite images on Google > Maps Australia has been fuzzed out, just weeks before the APEC summit. > > Google says the imagery was downgraded as a result of a "commercial > issue" with a supplier, but the move has aroused speculation it was > done at the request of police in order to minimise the risk of a > terrorist attack during the September summit, where Sydney will play > host to 21 world leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush.... > > > > -- > Dr David Teh > Independent Curator/Writer/Teacher > Bangkok, Thailand > m. +66 (0)84 673 7178 > e. david.teh@arts.usyd.edu.au > w. bangkokok.typepad.com/platform | www.halfdozen.org > > ::posted on ::fibreculture:: mailinglist for australasian > ::critical internet theory, culture and research > :: info: http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/list_fibreculture.org > :: FIbreculture website: http://www.fibreculture.org > ::please send announcements to separate mailinglist: > announce@fibreculture.org > :: Announce List info page: > http://fibreculture.org/mailman/listinfo/announce_fibreculture.org # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@kein.org and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org