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URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

Care2

is used and operated by Libya, they are within in their jurisdiction to seize domains that don't comply with their laws. the Libyan trustee felt that " that the content of [their] website was offensive, obscene and illegal according to Libyan Islamic Sharia Law. ". This trustee enforces policies and operation of the domain.

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. ” Simon Mainwaring also has an insightful post on this topic.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

NTEN

By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change When most people outside gaming think of video games, they typically fall into three buckets: "old school" games like Super Mario and Tetris, social and mobile games like Farmville and Angry Birds, or hyper-violent console games like Grand Theft Auto.

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