#NotW hashtag FTW
0:45 Stephen’s updates
- Trying Fedora
- Gnome3/Shell
- Looking for distros that focus on multimedia production – e.g. Ubuntu Studio
- Loss of Facundo Cabral – Argentine folk singer assassinated in Guatemala
3:00 Walton’s updates
- Unite Political School
- Durham Miners’ Gala
4:00 News of the World phone hacking scandal – the crisis that keeps on giving
- British tabloid newspaper is part of the Murdoch empire
- Also owns Faux News
- Sun and NotW had stranglehold on politicians
- When Guardian broke the story of Milly Dowler phone hacking, people used social networks to swamp advertisers, telling them to pull out of NotW – within days the paper was shut down
- Pursued mainly by Tom Watson MP, Nick Davies of the Guardian and Martin Hickman of the Independent
9:10 We speak to Tom Watson MP
- Tom Watson feels social media was crucial for amplifying the campaign and giving it critical mass
- Tom Watson is a rare politician who understands the internet – check out his digital pledges
- Open Rights Group, EFF and Freepress.
19:00 We’re testing Google+
- Recording the show using Hangouts
21:30 We review Cory Doctorow’s For The Win!
- Buy it at a bookstore or download it from his website
- About the Industrial Workers of the World Wide Web
- Union organising in online multiplayer games
- Bitcoin is covered in Linux Outlaws 215
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