IDEA 20090625 July 1 Green Day

Ai WeiWei makes a call to boycott the Internet on July 1 because of the horribly rash decision by Chinese government to force all computer makers to install the Green Dam Youth Escort software on all computers sold on or after July 1. We will have a large event on that day at Wine Talk in CaoChangDi to celebrate the Internet. The goal is to get 1000 people to this event in bulk.

Follow-Up
The event went quite well. Even before, the Chinese government delayed the requirement for all computers sold after July 1 to install this spyware, green dam youth escort.

The party started at 9 AM on July 1 with a mass amount of journalists interviewing Ai Weiwei. Various summer fun activities continued all day. Matt, Phil, Yang Tao, and I brought out the speakers after lunch and began mixing it up until the night. Massive fun! Great connections and drinking all around.

Here are some links connected to this big press hit:


 * http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5018
 * http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/chinese-protest-censorship-july-internet-boycott-green-tsunami
 * http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-greendam1-2009jul01,0,3453969.story
 * http://technews.am/conversations/mashable/china_gives_up_on_green_dam_people_celebrate
 * http://www.chinadigitaltimes.net/china/ai-weiwei/
 * http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6554801.ece
 * http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55L0YD20090622
 * http://mashable.com/2009/07/01/china-green-dam-celebration/
 * http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/green-dam-net-filter-hurts-media-like-cancer--612649?src=rss&attr=all
 * http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349625,00.asp
 * http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/01/china.filtering.software/index.html
 * http://www.crn.com/software/218100514;jsessionid=LKBTTEVTW400KQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN
 * http://twitter.com/rmack/statuses/2290583077
 * http://www.digiactive.org/topic/green-dam/
 * http://www.digiactive.org/2009/06/25/action-of-omission-to-protest-chinese-censorship/
 * http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2009/06/22/2009-06-22_web_protest_planned_as_chinese_government_introduces_green_dam_filtering_program.html
 * http://www.chinalyst.net/node/71453
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/30/censorship-china-internet-software
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jun/25/china-censorship-green-dam-internet-boycott
 * http://www.pcworld.com/article/145302/has_chinas_green_dam_burst.html
 * http://shanghaiist.com/2009/06/23/ai_weiwei_protesting_green_dam_with.php
 * http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/744ae9be-6639-11de-a034-00144feabdc0.html
 * http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/07/02/2009070200228.html
 * http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/07/01/china.green.dam.business/
 * http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063001047.html
 * http://www.ictmag.info/politics/china-thinks-twice-on-green-dam/
 * http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/31840/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-calls-for-web-boycott/
 * http://opennet.net/chinas-green-dam-the-implications-government-control-encroaching-home-pc