links for 2009-12-19
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Shirky – Net advantage, in some cases, is a far cry from the “just-add-internet” hypothesis (and cute-cat theory), but it is a view that is considerably more optimistic about the balance of power between citizens and the state than Morozov’s.
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Charitable gifts via mobile in the USA – mGive
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Details on what Open Government looks like on the West Coast
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100,000 users join a Facebook group celebrating the Prime Minister getting hit in the face with a statue and the government plans to hit back.
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Some deadlines for gov agencies on implementing transparency but still a ways to go for participation and collaboration.
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Director from Uruguay makes a film for "$500" and gets a Hollywood deal. YouTube power.
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Breakdown of what became possible to see once National Democratic Institute opened up its election data and it began to get mashed up with Development Seed's tools.
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highlights callweaver. seems like a great tool in a lot of countries that don't have anything like decent telephony services
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"Auschwitz has to stand intact because without it, we are without the world's greatest physical reminder of what we are capable of doing to each other." This leaves me speechless.
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Iraq's deputy interior minister, Ahmed Ali al-Khafaji, says no incursion took place and that it's neutral territory and an abandoned oil well. Arab sites are saying Iran raised their flag.
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Iran army cyber unit assaults Twitter and Iranian sites
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