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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, Benetech’s recent analysis for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights—using information from six databases compiled by Syrian human rights monitors and one database collected by the Syrian government—found that at least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s civil war.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). And, in many of these places, we’re helping the activists avoid censorship and surveillance by the government. government or even (heavens!)

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). And, in many of these places, we’re helping the activists avoid censorship and surveillance by the government. government or even (heavens!)

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And, Bookshare’s promise to K-12 students with these kinds of disabilities is that if they need specific titles for school, we’ll get them. everybody in the field of social justice understands that governments are probably spying on them. Benetech was also the first group to bring usable cryptography to the human rights field.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the primary goal is for students to learn about strategic use of networks and social media for international organizations, I will also be covering some practical career skills such as effective networking and self-directed professional learning (also called “Social Learning”).

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