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Filtering at the Legal Layer
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Restriction of open dialogue can take a variety of forms. Systematic and pervasive technical means to block keywords, denial-of-service attacks against websites, and overcrowding discussion platforms in order to drown out dissenting points-of-view… Read More
140-Character Election Monitoring
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Here are a few thoughts from our friends on the NDI Elections Team about the utility of Twitter in election monitoring efforts across the globe. Twitter is a powerful and multidimensional tool.… Read More
Power to the People
Twenty-Eleven has been a year of social media. From the Arab Spring to the London Riots and now even the…
Read MoreIn PVT vs ECZ the winner is... Everyone!
(PVT=parallel vote tabulation, or a statistical projection of results. ECZ=Election Commission of Zambia)
Zambia's a wrap. You've seen a lot of posts from me on this one already, but I'll test your patience with one more sharing…
Read MoreGoverning the Internet
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The Internet Governance Forum's annual conference started today in Nairobi. This year's theme is the "Internet as a catalyst for change," and the role of Web tools in sparking social change… Read More
Cloning Democracy Apps in the Cloud
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Several months ago I approached friends at VMware to talk about ways cloud technologies might support our work or democracy programs in general. We came up with a plan to to address an issue that our…
Read MoreTransparency Goes Global: the Open Government Partnership
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Happy opening day of the UN General Assembly, folks! While half of Manhattan grumbles about the traffic snarls caused by an endless stream of motorcades, I always enjoy watching the pomp and protocol of the General Debate. But while the “will…
Read MoreLiveblogging the Zambian Elections
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I'll be liveblogging the Zambian elections from the Civil Society Elections Coalition (CSEC)'s base at the Taj Pamodzi from my own perspective. If you want to read chronologically, start at the bottom - I'll insert new content up top as I go…
Read MoreDeveloping a Datacenter: Zambia Edition
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Zambia's got a big election coming up. All of the highly partisan local papers are in agreement: it's going to be a blowout for their guy. (The former poll was allegedly released under…
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