Care2

JANUARY 30, 2011

Yet due to old fashion organizing on the ground, the protests have escalated. Similar discussions surfaced last year during Iran’s Green Revolution, when many people on social media overlaid a green shade to their avatars and profile pictures to show their solidarity with the people of Iran.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I credit that to the organizer, Geoff Livingston. Since this was the last BlogPotomac (read this insightful post about why), the community self-organized a wake after the conference. It helped me write this post - " What Color is the Social Web? ". There are only select people using it now which make it less helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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