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Twitter's Security Startup Acquisition Increases Danger For Egyptian Activists

Twitter has purchased Android encryption software RedPhone--and made it temporarily unavailable to Egyptians. The move comes after one popular Twitter personality was jailed on terrorism and murder charges, and another was sexually assaulted and had her wrists broken while in custody.READ»

The Syrian War Crowdsourcing Experiment

Amnesty International USA and the Standby Task Force have launched an ambitious campaign to crowdsource analysis of Syrian satellite imagery for military movements, demonstrations, and checkpoints. So far, volunteers have tagged more than 2,000 potential troublespots. Is DIY intelligence analysis the future of human rights work?READ»

iFive: Gulf Oil Dissipating, Vedanta Dismisses Amnesty Report, New Kindle Imminent, Facebook Movie Script, Kindergarten Tops

While you were sleeping, innovation was stepping into the canteen, piling a plate of vegetarian pasta and dessert of Black Forest Gateau onto its tray and then deciding to swap nourishment for a spot of secretary and the boss ...READ»

Amnesty International Ad Sentences the Death Penalty to... Death

A commercial waxes eloquent about the injustices of capital punishment.READ»

Pink Faces at Financial Times as It Pulls Amnesty's Crowd-Funded Anti-Shell Ad

This is the ad that Amnesty funded via social media last month. And this is the newspaper that turned it down. The Financial Times waited until "the last possible moment" to pull the full-page ad, according to Amnesty's U.K. blog, and ...READ»

Amnesty International Turns to Social Media to Fund Anti-Shell Ad Campaign

Social media users are to be given the chance to raise money for a hard-hitting Amnesty International campaign against Shell. The U.K. branch of the 50-year-old organization announced over the weekend that it is to use its ...READ»

Peter Gabriel’s YouTube for Human Rights: The Hub

Peter Gabriel's human-rights group Witness embraces social media, creating a YouTube for unseen atrocities. With camera-equipped cell phones, ordinary people suddenly have the means to document their lives and share evidence of rights violations. The Hub allows anyone around the world to submit such clips to a central site where its target audience of activists can connect and take action.READ»

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