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MARCH 17, 2023

In addition, there is increased global awareness of women’s issues such as reproductive rights in the U.S., the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran.

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MAY 26, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Ireland, 26 other countries in Europe, China and Iran. Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2021

Xinjiang’s massive role in global crypto mining was driven home in April 2021 when a single coal plant in the region flooded and shut down for a weekend, reportedly reducing worldwide Bitcoin mining capacity by around 35 percent. Graph: University of Cambridge. The top three mining regions have started to turn the screws on miners.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Ok, now add to the mix a liberal dose of several years of strong economic growth and modernization, a GDP ranked 17 th in the world, a youth population (12 to 24 year olds) representing a third of the total population, and a growing reputation as one of the most promising IT sectors globally, and do you know where that will land you?

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Mobile Citizen Journalism: The Phone As Global Equalizer « MobileBehavior: "iran-mobile-citizenThe Iranian crisis put Twitter in the spotlight as an organizational tool showcasing how the online world could be used to communicate and unite people, despite government censorship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

There’s these kids sitting at the other lunch tables in our global cafeteria. But I think it’s also the road to really fully becoming global.” To be truthful, I’d rather hang out with you than just about anybody. And I think it’s good that we’re building such a fun, vibrant community…but not good enough. starts around 17:27).

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Andy Carvin who I known probably for ten years since his early work in educational technology when he lived in Boston and through the years have connected with him in various communities from Global Voices and beyond. I'm very grateful to Andy for teaching about how to podcast without electricity so I could share that with Cambodian bloggers.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Since the UK entered lockdown in March, engineers like Qureshi had unwillingly found themselves on the front line of a strange global crusade. Any point he brought up would be shot down by the woman’s self-fulfilling rationalization that Qureshi was part of a global conspiracy. His job felt undeniably essential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” based founders, 35 were white American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., This Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and all countries under sanction by the U.S. Tell us about the change you're making in your community. Share your story. Official Rules. August 29, 2016. Challenge Schedule.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. She is now TechSoup Global's content curator. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and Internet growth continues to be brisk, especially in developing countries.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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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. Saving ourselves is part of saving humanity and saving the world, I feel, especially with the discussion of women because it is such a global issue. It is not a third world issue or a conflict issue.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

A coalition of NATO-aligned countries has committed to new measures meant to sever Russia from the global financial system, countries announced in a joint letter today. Photo by Stanislav KrasilnikovTASS via Getty Images. billion to $52 billion.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

An important part of what we do at Salesforce.org is to convene those who can push the needle on improving the state of the world, and Davos was an ideal opportunity for us to engage inspiring speakers on pressing issues such as mental health, climate change, inequality, and global health. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. Each story enters a Sense Making System (a web service and software provided by Cognitive Edge, a global network of practitioners dedicated to helping create meaning and sense in complex situations). We have all been raised in the latter model and know no other.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

Sponsored by TechSoup Global, 435 Brannan St., This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S. Participants must be 18 or older to participate. Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions (Long). The TechSoup 17 NTC Social Media Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions. "Sponsor").

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie, My co-founders and I launched a software startup in Iran a few years ago, and I’m happy to say it’s now thriving. Sophie Alcorn.

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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. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Hungary and Iran. Advancements in AI translation and community moderation tools will facilitate increased global collaboration. Nonprofits will be able to form partnerships and work together on a global scale more easily, leading to increased efficiency, resource sharing, and a broader reach. In Uganda and Myanmar.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

It started with a threat to divest Two months ago, Eynat Guez , co-founder and CEO of payroll startup Papaya Global (which has raised $444.5 It’s clear protesters have little trust that Netanyahu and his supporters are truly finished, so they continue to press on.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

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. 20% of the global population is now dead. U3s next goal is to spread.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

Other recent software disruptions include American Airlines holiday stoppage , the global shutdown of Metas apps , and a Microsoft 365 failure. When asked late last year, almost 90% of global executives expected major IT outages in 2025. When we commissioned a survey of U.S. consumers in 2024, their resentment was palpable.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At the Civic Summit, as it was called, leaders announced where they would invest resources to provide enhanced protections around upcoming global elections — and also where they would not. Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, and Italy were placed in tier one. Facebook set up “war rooms” to monitor the network continuously.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

Israel has accused Iran of attempting to cripple its water supply amid shelter-in-place orders. The warning didn’t name specific countries, but it insinuated that hacking threats may come from known bad actors, or “advanced persistent threat groups” as the warning words it, like China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Earlier this month.

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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. Everyone who has Twitter now has a global distribution network.” Facebook now has 200M users, the majority of whom are outside of the US.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

The incident took place that same week that global protests against the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, among others, galvanized the country — and brought a heightened sensitivity to ongoing racist oppression in the United States. The attacks came from Iran and China, respectively. Governing. ?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in the roughly 80 companies added to the “entity list” of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security. .” China protested Wednesday after the U.S. government deems vital for national security.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Upon creation of TikTok Global, Oracle/Walmart will make their investment and the TikTok Global shares will be distributed to their owners, Americans will be the majority and ByteDance will have no ownership in TikTok Global,” Oracle executive vice president Ken Glueck said.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

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. President Trump secretly granted the CIA more power to launch cyberattacks in 2018.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Here are Bryan Pietsch and Jeff Stein in the Washington Post : The app says it is “America’s ‘Big Tent’ social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology.” First, the news: Truth Social is live in the App Store, and hit No.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

Iran, on the other hand, is calling Trumps bluff. The president reportedly sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week, threatening military action if the republic refuses to negotiate over Irans nuclear program. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will definitely not accept their expectations.”

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