Becky Hogge

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Becky Hogge
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Becky Hogge (March 2006)
Born1979
London, England
Occupation(s)Writer on technology, politics and music; previously executive director of the Open Rights Group
Website barefootintocyberspace.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Becky Hogge (born 1979 in London) is a UK-based music and technology writer and the first full-time executive director [1] of the Open Rights Group, resigning in 2008. She was previously the managing editor, and then the technology director and technology commissioning editor for openDemocracy.net. [2] During her time with openDemocracy she helped establish the China environment website chinadialogue.net, along with editor Isabel Hilton. She is a former board member of the Open Knowledge Foundation. [3] and a member of its advisory board.

Becky Hogge talks about digital rights and the Open Rights Group

As a writer and commentator, she covers the global politics of technology, open source, and intellectual property rights. She writes a weekly technology column for the New Statesman [4] and openDemocracy [2] and has also written for The Guardian , [5] and Prospect , [6] In 2011 she published a book about the hacker culture entitled Barefoot into Cyberspace: Adventures in search of techno-Utopia.

References

  1. ↑ Charman, Suw (14 December 2006). "Becky Hogge to be new ORG Executive Director". Open Rights Group.
  2. 1 2 "Becky Hogge". openDemocracy.net.
  3. ↑ "New Media Knowledge – Brief exposure". New Media Knowledge. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Becky Hogge". New Statesman .
  5. ↑ "Becky Hogge". The Guardian . 26 January 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  6. ↑ Hogge, Becky (23 November 2008). "We all need digital privacy". Prospect . Retrieved 13 July 2010.
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