Care2

JANUARY 30, 2011

Another important factor in this debate is that the Egyptian government shut down the internet. There have also been reports of the government cutting off mobile carriers. The Iran related hashtags also trended on Twitter. Perhaps it was for Americans, but not for the people of Iran, said one of the researchers.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

But first, some context: Let's start with a volatile mix of Syrian refugees, border conflicts paired with complicated politics , protests, Internet censorship, and a youth unemployment rate of 20 percent. In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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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. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Embargo Countries"). Important warning for persons outside the U.S. and Canada (who do not live in the U.S.

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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. A Cuban professor getting IT help to get on the Internet.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Context for the event from Rory Cellan-Jones: Prevailing ethos of the web has been libertarian, optimistic about the potential of the internet to be a medium of free expression and break down barriers. That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China.

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