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OONI : Open Observatory of Network Interference

http://ooni.nu

This is a human rights observation project for the Internet. OONI seeks to observe levels of surveillance, censorship, and networked discrimination by networked authoritarian power structures.

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Interest in Pinterest Reaches a Fever Pitch [INFOGRAPHIC]

http://mashable.com

Could Pinterest be the silver bullet for retailers on social media?

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How to Adapt to the New World of Social Business

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com

The consumer revolution is in progress. Do you know what part you play in it?

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3 Lessons The Tweeting Chief Can Teach You About Social Media Engagements

http://www.business2community.com

In Nakuru County in the North Rift of Kenya lies Lanet Umoja Location that is demonstrating the power of Twitter. The area chief has taken to Twitter to inform and update his area residents on varied matters.

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On Pinterest, it's share and share alike

http://www.latimes.com

It's the little things that make life worthwhile, and websites such as Pinterest give people a platform to tell everyone else all about them.

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Businesses see a positive effect of social media

http://www.techradar.com

UK businesses spend an hour a day on social media

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Social Media and the Public Service Administrator: No Where to Hide.

http://socialmediatoday.com

Today's financially stressed and burdened service sector, government and nonprofit alike is seeing an intense scrutiny and pressure from funding sources and clients.

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Women Are More Likely Than Men to Have a Blog, Facebook Profile [STUDY]

http://mashable.com

In a report released Friday, Nielsen found that women, overall, are significantly more likely to engage with social media than men.

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Social gifting is the new e-commerce buzzword

http://www.itweb.co.za

Last year, the buzzword in e-commerce was Groupon and its myriad of competitors that offered daily online coupons to entice shoppers in a down economy. Now, the latest fashion in retail is social gifting, where people get together on Facebook to buy each other gifts.

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The Gay Girl In Damascus That Wasn't

http://www.andycarvin.com

Amina’s blog posts were blunt, passionate, in-your-face. She made no bones about being a lesbian living in a conservative Muslim society, and was openly contemptuous of the Assad government.

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Obama announces crackdown on Iran and Syria's cyber oppressors

http://www.guardian.co.uk

US president signs executive order targeting people and firms that help authoritarian regimes clamp down on dissidents

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Nigeria: Nigerian Bloggers and Tweeps #SavedOke

http://globalvoicesonline.org

#SavedOke cyber-advocacy is one more proof of the rising power of social media in Africa’s most populous country.

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The Truth Always Wins: Diary of the Four-Day Guest of the State

http://www.dennisitumbi.com

Kenyan journalist and blogger Dennis Itumbi's blog put him in big trouble with his country's government in March 2012.

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Anonymous Fingered as Most Fearsome Hackers by IT Leaders

http://blogs.wsj.com

Corporate IT departments cited Anonymous as the hacker group they most fear might comprise their computer systems, according to a survey of over 2,000 IT security leaders by Bit9, a security vendor.

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West Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee

http://www.ndtv.com

After the controversial cartoon case, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee now seems to have taken offence to some of her pictures posted on Facebook. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state has written to the social networking site, asking it to remove four pictures lampooning Ms Banerjee.

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Are Internet Memes A Form Of Art?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

"People are creating images and sharing them with strangers for the purposes of communicating their personal experiences? That, my friends, is art. Plain and simple."

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How Blind People Use Their iPhone

http://www.youtube.com

How an iPhone can be accessible to blind users.

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Study on Social Networking and Mental Health

http://www.vancouversun.com

The implications of social media, mobile devices and interacting with people around us are morphing...

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When did Facebook become uncool?

http://edition.cnn.com

Is Facebook becoming such a big hub that we may see new frontier social networks begin to pop up? Instagram was gobbled up pretty fast by Facebook...

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A Social Network Built for Two

http://www.technologyreview.com

Interesting implications..perhaps there could be a "circles" network too...

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