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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. We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year. We work with human rights groups all over the world.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

We already have universal access provisions for things like telephones. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. Do you think access to technology will be acknowledge as a basic human right like water and shelter? Is it trivializing human rights by associating the internet with it? Kevin Anderson: Yes.

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