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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. If you're interested in learning more or would like to download the software, visit the website at www.miradi.org. Miradi Bookshare.org isn't our only project undergoing significant growth.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

I think what we are learning is that increasing the freedom of information isn’t all that’s needed to free those living under extremist regimes. Security is going to be increasingly one of the things that internet activists have to learn. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out.

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