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URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

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has been seized by the Libyan government for failure to comply with Islamic law. A country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) is a two letter Internet top-level domain used or reserved for a country , a sovereign state, or a dependent territory. However, just today a.ly shortener called vb.ly And now this has all.ly Some Background.

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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

They are accustomed to thinking that a government controls its citizens — that a film or documentary cannot be produced without government approval. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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