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Internet Governance

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I attended the Internet governance panel this morning (lest you think that Davos is all play and no work). Fascinating panel: Vint Cerf (Google), Michael Dell(), John Markoff (New York Times), Hamadoun Toure (ITU), Jonathan Zittrain (Oxford) and moderated by Paul Saffo (Institute for the Future).

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. Google Docs , Google Groups , and Google Maps are also very well-known and widely used. That situation reflects the concern of the Brazilian government vis-a-vis broadband services.

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5 Questions for Jay Frost

sgEngage

He has played a leadership role in a number of companies including FundraisingINFO.com (FRI), WealthEngine and Wealth ID, as well as serving as a fundraiser in New York and Washington and a grantmaker with the federal government. I think prospect research has always been in the mainstream of nonprofits large and small.

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What the Potential Tiktok Ban Means for Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Media Cause

Most recently, their CEO went before Congress to answer questions about data collection and the platform’s ties to China. TikTok has been in the news a lot lately—for a variety of reasons. But what does this all really mean for the platform, and how does it affect your marketing plans? So, why has Congress decided to consider a TikTok ban?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

See3

And they say China is being Orwellian with language as they prepare for the Olympics.) MTM SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER SMCRA MTM is a mining method that the United States government is largely responsible for creating. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Obvious isn’t it.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

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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