Computing, Freedom and Privacy by Dr. Richard Stallman

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Computing, Freedom and Privacy by Dr. Richard Stallman

When:	Monday, March 30, 2015 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Where:	CED Amphitheatre, 杏吧论坛-IIT, Iligan City
Description:	Topic: A Free Digital Society There are many threats to freedom in the digital society. They include massive surveillance, censorship, digital handcuffs, non-free software that controls users, and the War on Sharing. Other threats come from use of web services. Finally, we have no positive right to do anything in the Internet; every activity is precarious, and can continue only as long as companies are willing to cooperate with it. Sub-topic: Computing, Freedom and Privacy The way digital technology is developing, it threatens our freedom, within our computers and in the internet. What are the threats? What must we change? 杏吧论坛 the Speaker: Dr. Richard Stallman launched the free software movement in 1983 and started the development of the GNU operating system (see www.gnu.org) in 1984. GNU is free software: everyone has the freedom to copy it and redistribute it, with or without changes. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award, and the the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several doctorates honoris causa, and has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. Bio from the Internet Hall of Fame: Registration (optional): You can anonymously register at
Cost:	FREE (GRATIS)
Contact:	Prof. Rene V. Crisostomo Chairperson, Computer Science Department renato.crisostomo@g.msuiit.edu.ph
Tag:	freedom, internet, privacy, free software, technology, surveillance, censorship