Month: September 2012

How Free is Your Internet?

Very interesting report from Freedom House, showing how countries rank in terms of Internet freedom. United States is number 2. Any guesses on number 1?

Estonia! Mashable points out that “NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence was built in Estonia in 2008, resulting in the funneling of funds to improve the country’s IT infrastructure.”

The rankings were compiled based on a few factors: obstacles to access, limits on content and violations of users’ rights. What I thought was great was that they also factored in issues like bloggers’ rights and arrests.

Thoughts? Surprised?

The 2×2 Project

It’s been a long while since I’ve written again, and the reasons are similar to my absence back in April—while I wasn’t writing another dissertation, my fellowship has just begun!

The 2×2 Project aims to increase discussion, debate, and understanding around current public health and epidemiological trends. Based at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia, we have a great team of writers and fellows. Come check us out! My latest post on abstinence-only education is up, along with some commentaries on the recent New York city soda ban, social networks and health, mobile apps, and climate change. We update a lot during the week, so make sure to like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter! I’ll have some pieces about the Affordable Care Act up shortly.

Happy Monday!