I really enjoyed Brett Solomon’s talk at TEDx Sydney 2010. Brett is the co-founder and Executive Director of Accessnow.org. He takes us on an internet freedom tour. A few surprises here.
I’m wondering if the debate on internet filtering in Australia had any effect on the election there. What do you all think? If Labour have lost then Senator Conroy is gone but the debate may not be over.
That election took place yesterday but this morning – still to close to call although it looks like Labour has lost and while Seventy six seats are required for victory in the 150 seat Parliament that just may be a too hard.
“Brett Solomon is co-founder and Executive Director of Accessnow.org – a new global movement for digital freedom. Born out of the aftermath of the 2009 Iranian election, Access uses cutting edge technologies to help people living behind the firewall, provides thought leadership on the new frontier of digital rights, and is building a mass global citizens’ movement which advocates for internet freedom.
Brett was Campaign Director at Avaaz.org, a global political web force which has rapidly grown into the largest online activist community in the world at 3.6 million subscribers in all 193 countries. Brett was the first Executive Director of GetUp!, an Australian political organisation of over 300,000 people, worked as Campaign Coordinator at Amnesty and founded Oxfam’s International Youth Parliament.”
from TEDx Sydney speakers
Update: It looks like Tony Abbott might be the new Aussie PM.
If Labour has had a -5.5% swing against them then they should step aside but we won’t know for a few days or weeks. The early results may be incorrect but it is not looking good for Labour. What will the Greens do ?
