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"For the first time really the online presence has transformed offline politics," said Konstantin von Eggert, a Russian radio commentator. Delete the scoop?
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President Obama may talk a good game about Arab democracy, but he's done nothing to stop Western technology firms from helping repressive regimes crack down on protesters. Delete the scoop?
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and police in the Philippines have jointly busted a ring of four alleged hackers in Manila with connections to a... Delete the scoop?
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When Turkish officials announced earlier this year that all internet users would soon be forced to sign up for a government-run filtering program (see this previous post), a loud outcry ensued, with p... Delete the scoop?
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Amid a brutal crackdown, rebels are fighting back on their iPhones. By Babak Dehghanpisheh. Delete the scoop?
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CAIRO — Human Rights Watch has called on Egypt to release a prominent blogger detained by military prosecutors. Delete the scoop?
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CAIRO — The mother of one of Egypt’s best known activists has gone on hunger strike to protest her son’s detention by the country’s military rulers, the family said on Wednesday. Delete the scoop?
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Rula Jebreal says the dictator’s attempts to control Facebook and other media won’t thwart Syrians trying to oust him. Delete the scoop?
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Microblogging is undermining the communist government's control of information, giving people access to information and the chance to speak out, reports the BBC's Michael Bristow. Delete the scoop?
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A group of Egyptian activists are struggling to translate their online influence into real political action by taking the "tweets to the streets."... Delete the scoop?
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Google’s Wael Ghonim was the face of Egypt’s revolution. Now the revolution is struggling. Newsweek tracks down “El Shaheed. Delete the scoop?
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As the autocratic regime in Syria brutally cracks down on a pro-democracy opposition, it is using technology developed by an American company, Blue Coat Systems, to suppress dissent and block access to the internet, tech experts say. Delete the scoop?
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Police in Bahrain detain prominent blogger and rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja during a protest near the capital Manama, reports say. Delete the scoop?
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India asks social networking sites and internet companies to screen and remove content that is defamatory to religious and political leaders. Delete the scoop?
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Jillian C York: A consummate activist, let's hope my friend's belief in the power of people is well placed and helps secure her freedom... Delete the scoop?
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A familiar digital chime rang on the computer. Someone was calling via Skype from Syria. Delete the scoop?
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President Medvedev has made much of Russia’s need for modernisation and advanced technology. One project piloted in some Moscow metro stations involves face recognition using biometric technology. This can clearly be used as protection against terrorism, but given that the organisation which commissioned the project is the FSB, information gained could also be used for other purposes, say Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan Delete the scoop?
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The two Sunnyvale, Calif.-based companies may have illegally sold Internet-monitoring devices to Syria in violation of a U.S. embargo, three senators suggest in a letter to the Obama administration. Delete the scoop?
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As they strive to control the flow of information in the Internet Age, Central Asian governments are moving away from a party-hack mentality and assuming the mindset of a hacker. Delete the scoop?
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Foreign Policy's Blake Hounshell, along with three other journalists, met with Wales at the third annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), hosted by the state of Qatar. Wales spoke about Wikipedia's expansion plans, biased journalism, and his battle against censorship. Delete the scoop?
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Egypt's military rulers detained activist Alaa Abd El Fattah Sunday for allegedly inciting violence during a protest three weeks ago in which dozens were killed when the military violently attacked the crowd. Delete the scoop?
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Syrian blogger Hussein Ghrer left his home in Damascus on Monday, October 24, and has not come back. He is a thirty-year-old married father of two and has blogged and participated in numerous solidarity campaigns for Palestine, as well as the blogger campaign against the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights, and campaigns for solidarity with victims of honor crimes. The most recent post on Ghrer's blog focuses on the arrest earlier this year of now-released Syrian blogger Anas Maarawi in the context of freedom in Syria... Activists have put together a Facebook campaign calling for his release and a blog in which they call for Syrian authorities to disclose information about Ghrer and release those detained in violation of the law and human rights. Delete the scoop?
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A new Google transparency report shows that the US leads the world in government requests for information on citizens' online activity. Delete the scoop?
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