Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Objective : Provide lifesaving assistance during the natural disasters that occurred in China and Myanmar. But, for creative juices, let’s show off some coolness.). *. Organization(s) : The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Now that the United Nations Millennium Development Goals have expired and in some ways, have succeeded surprisingly well , the UN has developed a new set of even more ambitious goals. Carolyn Florey, senior health manager at United Nations Foundation , sees technology as a key enabler for the new sustainability goals. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

s National Day at Nationals Park. This a special day will highlight and support the partnership between the Washington Nationals and Children???s s National Medical Center to fight pediatric diabetes. During the game, the Nationals and Major League Baseball will launch a mobile giving campaign. Children???s

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AFP Blog

MARCH 13, 2009

Volunteers show a generous face - The National Newspaper: "When Lola Lopez founded Aid in Motion, a Dubai-based NGO, last year to collect and donate clothes to poor rural communities in Kenya, Myanmar and Pakistan, she needed help.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

It is proper etiquette in Vietnam to politely ask your age, nationality, and marital status on the first meeting. Jakarta, Indonesia-based ASEAN Foundation was launched in 1997 by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Jakarta, on the island of Java, is the largest city and the nation's capital.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2016

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void Jurisdictions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And it comes as we see a coup in Myanmar leading to a decline in internet connectivity ; there is a clear link between authoritarianism and a desire for internet control. That’s a pretty bad look.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Realizing dreams in Myanmar. Bringing Myanmar into the digital age. GivingTuesday: Show the Heart of UConn Nation. Give the gift that helps Syrian children. Holiday Fund + Gifts for Kids. Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Sinatra: Voice for a Century. Look what you did. Save the Date!

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar were set to return home Friday as the repatriation of thousands of such workers after a crackdown strains regional resources. Thailand has cut off electricity, internet, and gas supplies to several areas in Myanmar hosting scam centers along the border.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the most charitable nation. Source: PayPal. of nonprofit event registrations occur on mobile devices. Source: npENGAGE. May 6, 2014 was the largest single day of giving in U.S. Source: Kimbia. Source: CAF America. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are the most regularly accessed networks.

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Engadget

MARCH 18, 2025

A former United Nations diplomat, she had aspirations of helping Facebook boost its standing on the global stage. That same year, she said she was forced to reschedule Zuckerbergs address at the UN to a later time slot because, according to Wynn-Williams, the United Nations isnt important enough for Mark to do an event before noon.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Not even Signal itself can see their messages — much less law enforcement or national security agencies. Internally, this has been presented as a way to help people in developing nations transfer funds more easily. Encrypted messaging has been a boon to activists, dissidents, journalists, and marginalized groups around the world.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Among the disparities: Facebook lacked misinformation classifiers in Myanmar, Pakistan, and Ethiopia, countries designated at highest risk last year. But even the United Nations supports only six official languages ; Facebook has native speakers moderating posts in more than 70.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

She grew up wanting to save the world too — first at the United Nations, where she served as a Kiwi diplomat working on international security and human rights before growing disillusioned by too much attention paid to wars over punctuation in agency statements and too little attention paid to actual wars. Back in the U.S.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Facebook has designated Myanmar a “temporary high-risk location” after a coup earlier this week, saying it will remove “any calls to bring armaments” and protect posts criticizing the country’s military. Photo by Jack Guez / AFP via Getty Images. Facebook’s “temporary high-risk location” designation isn’t new.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2010

Amazingly powerful insights on America and our role building this nation. -- Martin Luther King Day, 2010 Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. Martin Luther King, Jr. I remember when I discovered my own racism.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Facebook is planning for possible chaos around the November 3rd US presidential election with internal tools it’s used before in countries like Sri Lanka and Myanmar, The Wall Street Journal reported. Facebook’s handling of violent hate speech against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar several years ago was widely criticized.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

For all Facebook knew, the National Security Agency was tracking the same Russian accounts the company was seeing, and possibly planning arrests. To them, the situation felt like a potential national emergency. “It Let’s pass a national privacy law. Within the threat intel group, there was debate over what should be done.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

It's called out Apple for allegedly blocking Proton VPN security updates after the United Nations recommended that people in Myanmar use Proton Mail to report crimes during the country's 2021 coup. VPN service aside, the company's record certainly reflects those goals. It's raised money for privacy activists in Hong Kong.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

In a private forum — known as the National Leads Forum, as first reported by BuzzFeed News — some community moderators were enraged by Nextdoor’s decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement. There are no rules promoting diversity in moderation leadership either. Pranav Dixit and Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed ).

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The Verge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Facebook is rejecting a request from The Gambia to help it investigate the genocide in Myanmar, saying the request was “extraordinarily broad” as well as “unduly intrusive or burdensome.” Matthew Smith / Time ).

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

Yesterday I included a link to a story in Time about a request from the Gambian government to help investigate the genocide in Myanmar , where the United Nations has said Facebook contributed to the incitement of violence.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

would collect compensation from the sale of TikTok, forced by the president’s orders last month that the popular video streaming app represents a national security threat because its parent company is Chinese. [.]. Facebook rolled out a series of changes ahead of the election in Myanmar on November 8th. Trump believes that the U.S.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

In 2017, somewhere at the peak of Facebook’s self-regard, Mark Zuckerberg shared a vision of his social network as a kind of quasi-government that sits between social institutions and actual governments: Our world is more connected than ever, and we face global problems that span national boundaries. Executives reportedly ignored it.)

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2021

More importantly than all that, though, Trump has served as promoter-in-chief for a national campaign to rewrite election laws in his favor, while installing supporters in key positions that could enable him to successfully overturn an election loss in 2024.

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