sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran. We explore the intersection of gender and philanthropy to uncover why women give, how they give, and what causes they support. What does this mean for grantmakers and philanthropy as a whole?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

. · Randi Zuckerberg from Facebook, who talked about how social networks are being used for social change, particularly as an organizing tool for local revolutions such as those in Columbia and Iran. Facebook now has 200M users, the majority of whom are outside of the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Social media may be changing that across the globe.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I Someone in Indiana could connect with someone in India around a cause they care about." "The Challenges and campaigns "When we came to market, there were 76 causes on Facebook. AA: Orgs keep looking outward hoping to activate around causes instead of looking inward.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S. Embargo Countries"). Important warning for persons outside the U.S. and Canada (who do not live in the U.S. Embargo Countries): Sponsor is offering this Sweepstakes from the State of California, U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. Communication technologies have always been used for political change, especially with Iran.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.". I think the concept is even bigger and we connect it to using social media for cause related marketing. Here's an example that just crossed my inbox from Microsoft and Windows 7.

Community 92

Community Blogher Conference Social Media 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

Comment 95

Comment Nonprofit Social Media Social Network 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

Nonprofit 79

Nonprofit Social Media Cancer Social Network 79

The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Conspiracy theorists say 5G causes novel coronavirus, so now they’re harassing and attacking UK telecoms engineers Naveed Qureshi always knew his job was important, but as a telecoms engineer working in East London, it didn’t always feel that way. You know what you’re doing. How could you do this?’”.

Network 125

Network Mobile Social Media Internet 125

NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Submitted by Ted Fickes. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

Nonprofit 67

Nonprofit Social Media Social Network Media 67

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

I grew up in Iraq during Saddam's time, and during the time in which we had the war with Iran. On the one hand, the formal way to answer this question would be: I was 20 when I arrived in the U.S. The impact of that is so magnificent.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2013, he publically confronted Iran's foreign minister, Mohamed Zarif, in New York demanding the release of political prisoner Majid Tavakoli. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time. Beyond Slacktivism to a Personal Relationship with a Cause.

Skills 36

Skills Iran New York North Korea 36

The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, and Italy were placed in tier one. But given Facebook’s key role in civic discourse — it effectively replaces the internet in some countries — the disparities are cause for concern. Facebook set up “war rooms” to monitor the network continuously.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

A report last year by the federal governments National Toxicology Program, which summarized studies conducted in Canada, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Mexico, concluded that drinking water with more than 1.5 And studies also have traced a link between excess fluoride and brain development.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Sometimes, they cause an uneasy scratch of the chin. Top personnel from the NSA and US cyber command collaborate with OpenEye to retrofit a semblance of security for U3s weights before senior leaders in China, Russia, Israel, North Korea, or Iran realize just how valuable OpenEyes software has become. U3s next goal is to spread.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Since the 2016 election, interference from foreign adversarieslike China , Iran , and Russia has threatened American election security. But experts agree that its still too early to tell whether these changes are cause for panic or just a sign of mass government overhaul. This is a constantly emerging space, says Tisler.

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Futurism

MARCH 2, 2025

Being alleged cybercriminals, the named defendants go by nicknames that sound straight out of an early-2000s hacker flick: there's Arian Yadegarnia aka "Fiz" of Iran; Alan Krysiak aka "Drago" of the United Kingdom; Ricky Yuen aka "cg-dot" of Hong Kong; and Pht Phng Tn aka "Asakuri" of Vietnam.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

In any case, Twitter’s response to the incident offered further cause for distress. The agency has used this authority to conduct a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets. Israeli 2009 Stuxnet attack , which destroyed centrifuges that Iran used to enrich uranium gas for its nuclear program.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Bush imposed steel tariffs in 2002 , for instance, it caused considerable controversy, simply because that kind of action was so unusual. And before Trump, the national security exemption for tariffs had been used primarily to ban oil imports from countries like Iran and Libya (which quite plausibly did pose a threat to national security).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

And it’s possible some new change in the weather causes Trump to follow through on his threat to block the deal anyway. The operation targets domestic dissidents and antigovernment activists abroad, but can also be used to spy on the general public inside Iran. Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi / The New York Times ).

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