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Meme, the People
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As anyone who has ever found their friends feed clogged up with pictures of Willy Wonka can attest, there's not much…
Read MoreThe Need's Not Blurry: Safeguarding Identity on Youtube
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For those of us in the tech4dem business, we are well aware of the power that social media has to share photo and video evidence of violations of democratic processes and demonstrations calling for protection of citizen's rights. However, in a…
Read MoreMonday Round-Up: The Battleground for Internet Freedom
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In an effort to combat restrictive internet policy, such as ACTA or SOPA, a number of internet sites including…
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Monday Round-Up: When Movies Come True
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When "Minority Report" was released, it featured slick-looking, futuristic technology and a psychic police force. But is predictive crime fighting no longer limited to the silver screen? In this…
Read MoreThe more you know...
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein
...and perhaps technology allows the opportunity to use both. That's at least what I believe. Before moving to DC, and starting as a Project Assistant on the ICT team here at…
Read MoreThe Monday Round-Up: #SouthSudan and #opendata
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July 9, 2012 marks South Sudan's first independence day. We've been keeping an eye on the world's youngest nation since the…
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First in ICT Flight: Monday Round-Up
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Today marks the anniversary of Steve Fossett's record-setting solo flight around the world in a hot air balloon in 2002, which in turn landed on the same sad…
Read MoreWhat's Happening in Sudan?
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Sudanese citizens have been demonstrating since June 18, following a series of brutal crackdowns of demonstrations against the announcement of a new round of austerity measures impacting food and fuel prices. Protests are…
Read More"Something Must Be Done-ism" - the dangers of controlling the internet
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One of the fascinating threads woven throughout PDF was the way in which the networked world has made life hard for the gatekeepers of information, whether the copyright industry or control-minded governments. It’s a new world for those whose…
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