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Open, Accountable, Appropriate: The Monday Round-Up

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Last week was action-packed between the CIMA event on media development,…

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Tahrir, Twitter, and Telephones: the Monday Round-Up

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After the Internet blackout, news of the cyber world remained at the front of everyone's minds. See what you might have missed:   

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Afghanistan: Innovation Nation

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Innovation is, according to Bill Gates, the "key to improving the world." Innovative technology is making its mark in the developing world, garnering the…

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Predicting the Future: the 2012 African Tech Space

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Regulating the Internet .BY Decree

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The recent announcement of a Belarusian law on aspects of Internet regulation certainly raised a…

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The First Round-Up of 2012: Internet Rights and Restrictions

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After a break for the Holidays, the Monday Round-Up is back! In case you missed it, NDItech's first podcast looks at some of the work we've…

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Internet Governance in a Year

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This year has certainly been a roller coaster for the role of the internet in global society. While there have been many advances in protections for the rights of users, unfortunately,…

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Hacking Legislatures

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If there's a statute of limitations on event-blogging, this update probably exceeds it - thankfully, innovations in government transparency and citizen monitoring are always timely. Three weeks ago, Facebook teamed up with the offices of House…

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