Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 29, 2011
From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools.
Care2
JANUARY 30, 2011
The political uprisings in Egypt for the past week have sparked the tiresome debate again – can social media create and spread revolution? Another important factor in this debate is that the Egyptian government shut down the internet. There have also been reports of the government cutting off mobile carriers.
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NTEN
JUNE 24, 2011
He was inspired when the citizens of Egypt and Tunisia used satellite connections to contact Internet service providers in other countries, when their governments shut down access to the World Wide Web. Foundation wants to use technology to bring freedom to the Mideast and believes an OpenMesh of wireless networks could help.
Forum One
MAY 17, 2010
When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim We are also engaging with the Government of Iraq through the development of new web portals that will assist with project management and connecting with citizens of the country. Muslim relations.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
They are accustomed to thinking that a government controls its citizens — that a film or documentary cannot be produced without government approval. 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.
Tech Soup
MAY 4, 2011
Namely, while activists use technology to organize, authoritarian regimes use technology to censor information, increase the channels of surveillance on its citizens, or in the extreme case, cut off telecommunications entirely like in Egypt.
Forum One
MAY 27, 2009
Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. In this case. Muslim relations.
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