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China and the Internet's Turbulent Relationship: the Monday Round-Up
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China has been all over tech news this week - Anonymous China, updates to the Great Firewall, and censorship are among the top stories. Check out our China-related news and others we're reading:
- The hactivist group Anonymous has a…
How XML Can Improve Transparency and Workflows for Legislatures
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This is a guest post from Andrew Mandelbaum, NDI's Senior Program Officer on the Governance team in D.C. You can follow up with Andrew on Twitter.
Recently I attended the conference “…
Read MoreSocial Media Works in Mysterious Ways: the Monday Round-Up
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Our team is making our staff aware (very aware) about digital security this week. Follow the hashtag #NDISecure to see what our staff is learning, and here are some of the other news stories that have caught our eye this week:
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Training Training Day
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One of the most common tropes in the world of development is the Training of Trainers, or ToT. Training is expensive; if you run the math it can seem terribly costly to give 12 people a grounding in, say, principles of party platform development…
Read MoreICT and the Russian Elections: Does the Internet Matter? Highlights from Internews Panel
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This week I attended a panel discussion hosted by Internews on the role of the Internet in the Russian elections. The first part of the panel discussed the positive impact of the Internet, while the second offered a more sobering perspective and…
Read MoreEveryone's on Twitter But You: the Monday Round-Up
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Twitter keeps cropping up in the news we're following this week, but not just as an extended birthday celebration. Check out the stories…
Read MoreGood News for Nowruz: Say Salam to Skype!
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This is a special Nowruz to anyone working on tech-focused programs for Iran: the Office of Foreign Assets Control under the U.S. Treasury Department has just released…
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En esta capacitación vamos ... I mean in this training we will
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Capacity Building - this term often appears in development project proposals and reports. It encompasses how partners learn and develop…
Read MoreSouth by and Cyber-censorship: The Monday Round-Up
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Today is the World Day Against Cyber-Censorship. In our round-up, we've got lots of articles exploring the various forms of online censorship that can take place in different countries worldwide, as well as some other compelling news stories:…
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