Tech Podcast: Cyber attacks on Tunisia

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The World’s Clark Boyd tells how cyber attacks on Tunisia are linked to the country’s human rights record. He interviews Slim Amamou (pictured), a Tunis-based tech entrepreneur and free speech activist who has now been arrested by Tunisian authorities. You can follow developments in Tunisia on the following Twitter hashtags: #sidibouzid, #tunisia, #OpTunisia, and #freeslim. Download radio report Download full interview with Slim Amamou

Also in this episode, we hear about a project for Haiti called Konbit, which is using cell phones and good old-fashioned phone tree to try to match local Haitians with skills to NGOs who need those skills.

And we have an extended interview with German tech activist Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who recently left WikiLeaks in order to start a new whistle-blowing site called OpenLeaks. It’s not up and running yet, but Domscheit-Berg explains how the site will work, and what will distinguish it from WikiLeaks. Domscheit-Berg will also soon release a book called Inside WikiLeaks: My Time at the World’s Most Dangerous Website. An English translation of the book is expected in April of this year.

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