More than a month since Saudi Arabian poet and former columnist Hamza Kashgari was arrested and thrown into Saudi jail for posting on his Twitter feed what many in his home country deemed to be blasphemous tweets, friends and family of the young man continue to fight for his release. A friend of Kashgari’s and active member of the Free Hamza Kashgari Facebook group, who … [Read more...] about Saudi Twitter ‘Blasphemer’ Supporters Fighting for Release
Canadian Police Comb Social Networks Seeking Leads in Riot
A Saturday St. Patrick’s Day celebration in London, Ontario turned into a riot near Fanshawe College in which around 1, people took part in igniting a TV news van and throwing objects at police officers on the scene. The riot has thus far resulted in 11 arrests — seven of them Fanshawe students — but authorities are combing through mountains of material on social networking … [Read more...] about Canadian Police Comb Social Networks Seeking Leads in Riot
Kony 2012 Illustrates Striking Rift in How Generations Consume Information
The 3-minute Kony 2012 video released by Invisible Children last week calling for global action to capture Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony has quickly become one of the most-viewed viral videos in history. At the time of publishing, the video has been viewed 8 million times on YouTube and 17 million times on Vimeo since its March 5 release. But a Pew Internet study published … [Read more...] about Kony 2012 Illustrates Striking Rift in How Generations Consume Information
‘Unite for Syria’ Campaign Uses Inclusivity to Raise Awareness and Mobilize Members
Shortly before the Egyptian revolution, the members of the ‘We are all Khaled Said’ Facebook group took photos of themselves holding up signs that read ‘I am Khaled Said’ and posted them to the group’s wall for their fellow members to see. About a week before Occupy Wall Street’s occupation of Zuccotti Park began, the ‘We Are the 99 Percent‘ Tumblr began posting photos of … [Read more...] about ‘Unite for Syria’ Campaign Uses Inclusivity to Raise Awareness and Mobilize Members
Your Guide to Safe Use of Satellite Phones
Three weeks after the Electronic Frontier Foundation released a report regarding the possibility that the Syrian government was able to track and attack the late journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik by tracking their satellite phones, Small World News has released a guide for safe use of satellite phones for journalists and activists working in high-risk environments. Why … [Read more...] about Your Guide to Safe Use of Satellite Phones