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China Disables Twitter, Then Facebook, as Civil Unrest Ensues

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 63
Tue Jul 7, 2009 at 10:58 AM

Next stop for the Twitter Revolution: China. But where the revolution goes, the crackdowns follow. The Chinese government attempted to disable Twitter across most of mainland China as ethnic violence erupted in Xinjiang province over ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | 9 comments

How to Organize a Protest

Relevancy Score: 63
Thu Mar 30, 2006 at 10:50 AM

On Monday, around 500,000 people in Los Angeles turned out to protest proposed federal legislation that would tighten U.S. immigration law by making it a felony to cross the border illegally and help those trying to do so. ...READ»

HUMAN RESOURCES | Comment

Outsourcing Jobs to Trinidad and the Ukraine? II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Sep 17, 2003 at 2:08 PM

While the OutsourceWorld Conference takes place in New York City, the Brainstorm Group's more verbose Nearshore & Offshore Outsourcing Conference just wrapped up in San Francisco. In that city, unemployed engineers and software ...READ»

CRIMINAL TWEETS | 6 comments

G20 Protesters in Court: Criminal Tweeps or Free Speech Champs?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 56
Wed Oct 7, 2009 at 8:15 AM

Protesters at last month's G20 meeting were arrested due to allegedly criminal Tweets. Their attorney is defending the two men by saying they were merely relaying public info. Now the courts will have to decide: Is Tweeting an offense?READ»

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Dot Community

BY Lauren Heist
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Communicopia Internet Inc. helps non-profits make the Web work for social change.READ»

MASSEY | Comment

Workers and Activists Clash in Massey Mountaintop Removal Protest

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 45
Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 6:19 PM

Union-busted Massey Energy workers and anti-coal activists went head to head last week in what was supposed to be a nonviolent march near a Massey coal prep site in West Virginia. But what has received the most attention is in the ...READ»

FINANCE + INVESTING | Comment

Out of Stock (Options)

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 43
Fri Jun 18, 2004 at 12:02 PM

Next week in Silicon Valley, high-tech workers will gather to protest a renewed effort on the part of the Financial Accounting Standard Board to allow companies to expense employee stock options. Shades of Fast Company's April ...READ»

LEADERSHIP | 1 comment

Tropic Thunder is a Lightning Rod of Controversy

BY Brendan Collins
Relevancy Score: 41
Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM

The storm of controversy surrounding faux-Vietnam War film, Tropic Thunder, emerged late last week when disability advocacy groups began protesting the comedy's portrayal of the intellectually disabled. But the movie's premise, about ...READ»

MILITARY | 1 comment

First Use of LRAD Sound Canon In U.S. Used on Pittsburgh G20 Protesters

BY Gizmodo Staff
Relevancy Score: 40
Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM

I guess military tech always finds its way home. Pittsburgh city officials believe their police department's use of a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week's G20 protests was "the first time the sound cannon had been used ...READ»

CULTURE | Comment

Rat Race

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 40
Thu Feb 26, 2004 at 11:55 AM

Late last year, Chuck Salter examined the meaning behind the inflatable union rat that's become a common sight at picket lines and labor protests. The rat will make another appearance today in Boston as newspaper workers challenge ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING | Comment

Customer-Managed Relationships IV

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 38
Wed Sep 24, 2003 at 2:55 PM

FC Now reader Mark Zorro suggests that people protest the recent ruling made by the Oklahoma City federal judge by "selling him on the phone." Now, I would certainly never condone, encourage, nor support such behavior, but in the ...READ»

BLOG MARKETING | Comment

Twitter saves man from prison in Egypt

BY Jack Humphrey
Relevancy Score: 35
Fri May 2, 2008 at 8:41 AM

I bet this guy doesn’t think Twitter is a waste of time! From Twitter headquarters: “Last weekend CNN lead with a big story about James Buck, a graduate student in journalism from the University ...READ»

IRAN | 2 comments

Iranians Revolting Against Nokia for Alleged Spying Complicity

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 6:19 AM

The tech-savviness of the Iranian people served them well during the protests against corruption in the recent election, and now it's making them turn against cellphone giant Nokia--a government colluder in their eyes.READ»

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | 2 comments

How NIMBY Becomes BIO

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 32
Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 5:48 PM

In Tullytown, Pennsylvania, Waste Management Inc. quietly resolved opposition to the building and operation of a local trash dump by paying residents a per-household fee each year. This year's holiday-time check: $2,000 for each of ...READ»

INTERNET + WEB | 4 comments

The Sound of Silence, or A Hypothetical on the Demise of Internet Radio

Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Jun 27, 2007 at 2:16 PM

Internet radio underwent a "day of silence" yesterday to protest the impending royalty rate hikes that will be levied on Web radio come July 15. The protest was orchestrated by the SaveNet Radio Coalition and included popular ...READ»