How has WikiLeaks changed your view of the world?

How has the latest round of revelations from WikiLeaks changed your view of the world? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about WikiLeaks. Do you think the release of state secrets is important for your understanding of U.S. foreign relations? WikiLeaks has published nearly 250,000 diplomatic cables from the State Department in Washington and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under attack. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What compels you most about what WikiLeaks has exposed? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sanjoy Banerjee, professor of International Relations at SFSU

Melvin A. Goodman, former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy

Adrienne Pine, assistant professor of Anthropology at American University specializing in Latin America.

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Will the Internet be taken over by corporate monopoly?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with with Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires. Wu, who coined the term "net neutrality," says "The Master Switch" is the moment "a corporate power centralizes and takes control of society's latest technological medium." Is this already happening with the Internet? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why is it important to fight for a free and open Internet? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Tim Wu, Columbia Law School professor and author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

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What's in store for the future of the open/free Internet?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by talking about the recent Google-Verizon deal, which would allow Internet service providers to speed up access to some content while leaving the rest behind. How will this change the way you access the Internet and what does it mean for digital democracy? Does the deal mark the beginning of the end of the Internet as we know it? Can it be stopped? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Aparna Sridhar, Policy Counsel with Free Press

Barbara van Schewick, Associate Professor of Law and (by Courtesy) Electrical Engineering and Director, Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School

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How Safe is it to Google?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the world's largest Internet search company and its privacy policies. The Washington Post recently reported that Google is teaming up with the NSA to prevent another hack attack. It's no longer just a search engine. If you use their email and cell phone, you're entrenched. So what's happening to all of that data? Join us live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How much trust do you put in Google? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Andrew Leonard, Salon.com reporter
Matthew Phillips, EPIC Appellate Privacy Fellow

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Do You Know Your Online Rights?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about how companies and government entities are using the personal data you post online. Can you protect yourself? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the shortcomings of privacy regulations written before the advent of the Internet? And do you have any expectation of privacy when you search the web? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nicole Ozer, Technology & Civil Liberties Policy Director, ACLU of Northern California

Jim Dempsey, Vice President for Public Policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology

Peter Eckersley, Staff Technologist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Your Call 082709 What is the right response to hate speech in the media?

On the next Your Call we'll try to define the line between appropriate and inappropriate statements on the airwaves. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has called on the FCC to investigate hate speech in the media. What effect will that have? Email us at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What exactly qualifies as hate speech? And when hateful words go viral online, do broadcast regulations still matter? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Rory O'Connor in New York
Journalist, blogger, filmmaker and media critic. He's the author of Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio and is a contributing columnist to Alternet and MediaChannel. Rory's also the president of the media firm Globalvision Inc. and the author of the blog Media is a Plural.

James Rucker in Berkeley
Co-founder and executive director of Color of Change, an online activist organization that strives to strengthen the voices of African Americans. James has also served as director of Grassroots Mobilization for MoveOn.org.

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Your Call 032309 How is the FCC changing under Obama's administration?

How is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) going to change under the Obama administration? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the FFC policies during the Bush administration and what the appointment of Julius Genachowski to head the FCC means for Internet freedom and media ownership. You can join us by phone or email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Derek Turn, Research Director at Free Press

Matthew Lasar, a media historian. He writes for his own website, the Lasar Letter on the FCC, and for the tech new site ArsTechnica.

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