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Gone FinFishing

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Plugging in from Pyongyang

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UPDATE:  According to Koryo Tours, the only group that is currently sanctioned to bring foreigners into North Korea, "

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Smart SMS Parsing for Better Election Observation

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Kenya's election is over and was largely peaceful, even as there are ongoing court challenges. We @NDITech assisted the Kenyan civil society organization, …

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The Tweeting MPs: New Social Media Guidelines for Parliaments

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The Inter-Parliamentary Union has released a new guide for members of parliament on how to use social media. It…

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The Cost of Openness

Myanmar used to have one of the highest costs for SIM cards in the world. However, after the 2011 election and subsequent efforts to open up Burma to the international community, prices for SIM…

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NDI at Right to Information Conference at Stanford University

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NDI is presenting a number of papers at a Stanford University conference entitled:

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Tunisian Idol: Web Debates Version

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I recently wrapped up a whirlwind week in Tunis including initial planning for the upcoming election monitoring effort with our partner Mourakiboun and data managment meetings with the ruling and…

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Checking the Online Pulse: Sentiment Analysis for Politics and Participation

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Online sentiment analysis -- measuring the pulse of what is being said about a brand, an idea, a position, or a person online -- provides an interesting and quick (albeit non-scientific) pulse of the 'vox populis' in so far as that voice uses…

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Building a Better Digital Security Training

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I'm holed up with a bunch of geeks for a week talking about the art of digital security training. Since I've been with NDI, keeping people safe on the intertubes has gone from an afterthought in the international development space to something…

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