DemTech: Our Blog

Copying Rights: Legislation and Internet Freedom

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Internet freedom as a global standard to ensure freedom of expression worldwide has received a rising amount of attention in the media. US leadership has come out in strong…

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Informed Communities: Global Edition

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Book cover, Informing Communities, Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age

While the United States does not have 'the exclusive license to innovation in democracy and citizenship,' looking at how technology has impacted democracy in America can highlight some important…

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Credibility, Engagement, and the Arab Spring

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Building Trust Online

Last Thursday evening, the New America Foundation hosted a panel on building trust through technology. They'd put together a fantastic collection of case studies:… Read More


Smart Phones are Taking Over the World

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“By the end of this decade virtually every phone sold will be what we now call a smart phone: a mobile communications device that goes beyond voice calls and has the capacity to run computer applications, send and receive e-mail, pinpoint locations… Read More


NDI Democracy Dinner Highlights

The NDI Tech team watched Secretary Clinton's keynote at last night's Democracy Dinner with great interest and not a little institutional pride. Among other highlights, we're still blushing to hear that "freedom knows no better champion" than NDI…

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Secretary Clinton's Leadership on Tech & Democracy

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Hilary Clinton

Tonight Secretary of State Clinton will keynote our annual democracy…

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Adapt and Evolve

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"See a Vote, Win a Vote" advertisement, in Spanish.

How do civil society organizations, especially those used to years of relative political space, respond when a government restricts their…

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Seeing the Ripples

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Earlier this year, my fellow intern wrote about Social Network Analysis and how it can be used to study the connections that make up the social fabric of networks.… Read More


Social Pseudonymity

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A dandelion flower with its whispery white petals, floating off into the breeze.

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