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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An example is the development of a mobile app which can be downloaded and used by human rights defenders and activists on the the ground to help immediately blur the faces of people in shots they are filming with their phones. The ability to stream video directly from a mobile phone (i.e. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

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Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Social media may be changing that across the globe.

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