The Australian: Bloggers of the world, let’s shop!
Saturday, 23 August 2008, 07:44
Online culture is thriving in almost every country I visited. The exception is Cuba … Most bloggers prefer to protest privately, anonymously or not at all … Despite their relatively small numbers and the penalties they attract, dissenting bloggers are playing havoc with the established order. According to Human Rights Watch researcher Elijah Zarwan, "bloggers have succeeded in doing something that years of standing on the street corner and shouting 'No to torture' or 'No to the interior ministry' has never managed to accomplish": putting these issues on the public agenda."
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 16:36
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"Berkeley graduate journalism student James Karl Buck was arrested on April 10 without any charges in Egypt for photographing a demonstration. He used his mobile phone to twitter the message “Arrested” to his 48 followers, who contacted UC Berkeley, t
Sunday, 20 May 2007, 18:54
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Ethan Zuckerman: "My favorite example of repurposing recently is my friend Alaa’s use of Twitter to coordinate activities of activists in Egypt."
