The internet is changing what it means to be a citizen in the world today. We are seeing indeed, a world becoming a "global village". We observe democratic uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. We see private persons standing up to the Pentagon, and revealing it's secrets.
Now another new thing. The Satellite Sentinel Project. Again citizens are using real time satellite imagery to watch the world's hot spots and make the doings public. The armies of the world can no longer hide.
"We can't allow another deadly war, and we surely cannot stand by in the face of a genocide threat. We were late to Rwanda. We were late to the Congo. We were late to Darfur. ... [ we propose to ] systematically monitor potential hot spots and threats to human security, in near real-time, with the aim of heading off humanitarian disaster and war crimes before they occur."
Friday, January 28, 2011
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