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Events Roundup: NetSquared Loves You this February

Tech Soup

Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Warsaw, Poland: e-volunteering.

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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 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority determines a trustee for each ccTLD and administration and control is then delegated to that trustee. This trustee enforces policies and operation of the domain. In the case of vb.ly

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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. .” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

NTEN

4 Interro-bang Since the dawn of the YouTube and Twitter age, we've seen people do some amazing things with this technology. And even though this game was released a few months ago, the relevance of promoting non-violent revolution is more apparent than ever with the events in Tunisia, Egypt or Libya. #

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Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup

The Arab Spring changed the way many of us think about civil society, specifically the role of technology in driving social movements. On September 4, 2014, join other story makers from India, Libya, Kenya, and across Europe to the United States and Canada for an amazing global discussion on Twitter. Image: Aya Tarek / CC BY-NC-ND.

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