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A New US International Strategy for Cyberspace?

By Katherine Maher | May 16, 2011

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This afternoon the USG dropped its new international strategy for our beloved series of tubes. This morning we joined other Internet and policy watchers for a special advance briefing on the strategy and a chance to ask questions. Suffice to say…

High Tech Voting in a Low-Tech Country

By Chris Doten | May 13, 2011

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Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent Nigerian Election Commission, spoke at SAIS on Nigeria's largely successful elections last month. It was a…

NDItech is Looking for an Intern

By Chris Doten | May 05, 2011

NDItech is hiring an intern! If you are a regular reader of this blog you have a pretty good idea of the wide range of technologies and techniques we get to play with supporting NDI's partner organizations abroad in 70-some countries. It's our job… Read More

#NigeriaDecides 3.0: The Gubers

By Chris Doten | Apr 26, 2011

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Morning all. I'm going to do a bit of liveblogging of today's Gubernatorial elections from Project 2011 Swift Count's secret lair again.

6:30 PM

Most of the labor-…

Calm Before the Vote Storm

By Chris Doten | Apr 25, 2011

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Tomorrow's the next big election for Nigeria - the Gubernatorial races*. Well, most of them. Two states had their polls pushed back until Thursday due to security concerns. Tomorrow is why we've been terming this election the #BiggestPVTEver - NDI… Read More

#NigeriaDecides 2.0: The Presidential

By Chris Doten | Apr 16, 2011

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I will be liveblogging Nigeria's presidential election from inside the headquarters of Project Swift Count 2011, NDI's local election monitoring partner. At least, whenever firefighting permits.…

Fire on the Firewall: A Debate Breaks Out

By Katherine Maher | Apr 14, 2011

Yesterday I wrote a post summarizing an event I went to at Freedom House for the release of their latest report on the use of censorship circumvention…

Leaping Over the Firewall: Circumvention Studies

By Katherine Maher | Apr 12, 2011

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Yesterday I attended the release of a new Freedom House report on circumvention, "Leaping over the Firewall". I still…

This Weekend in Media Reform

By Katherine Maher | Apr 11, 2011

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SwiftCount Your Blessings

By Chris Doten | Apr 09, 2011

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I've joined my NDItech colleague Jared Ford on the ground in Abuja, Nigeria for the #biggestPVTever. We're working with Project Swift Count (@swiftcount), a…