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Twitter's New Censorship Policy Ignites Global Outrage

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.28.2012

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NEW YORK — Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unvei...

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Understanding the Global Revolution

James Denselow | Posted 03.18.2012

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James Denselow

Ross'earlier work, Independent Diplomat , was an exorcism of his institutional past while his latest effort is a far more ambitious attempt to outline a better future for global governance.

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20 Big Ideas for 2012, Part Two

Don Tapscott | Posted 03.11.2012

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Don Tapscott

What will happen in 2012? In the spirit of the aphorism "The future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved," let me suggest 20 transformations.

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The Tweets Of Our Lives

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 01.05.2012

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2011 was a big year for Twitter. In September, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed that the number of tweets per day had increased 110 percent since the...

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Media Freedom and Ethics Challenge Reporters, Bring Out the Worst in Oppressive Regimes

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 02.18.2012

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Magda Abu-Fadil

The latest crackdown in Egypt, the ongoing obfuscation in Syria, the security whip being cracked in Bahrain, and social media blackouts here and there, are all examples of regimes fearing exposure of their repressive actions.

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