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Crowdsourcing for Change?

23 Feb 2012
ISN Special Feature

From Disaster Relief 2.0 to wikis that track political scandals, non-state actors are increasingly collaborating online to tackle issues traditionally managed by governments. What are the practical and political dimensions of this trend? More on «Crowdsourcing for Change?»

Amnesty International poster on Chinese internet censorship, courtesy Mr Fink's Finest Photos/flickr
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Watching Over You

22 Feb 2012
ISN Special Feature

Allowing citizens access to the internet without ‘compromising’ the regime – it’s a balancing act that some states are finding difficult to achieve and others have no intention of fulfilling. Today’s maps show the countries where you need to take heed of what you do online. More on «Watching Over You»

Protestors holding up social media signs, courtesy rouelshimi/flickr
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From Dictatorship to Democracy 2.0

21 Feb 2012
ISN Special Feature

Today we examine Gene Sharp’s legendary handbook of non-violent resistance "From Dictatorship to Democracy" in the context of the new information revolution we have been discussing this week. More on «From Dictatorship to Democracy 2.0»