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In Saudi Arabia, an Online Campaign Raises Awareness of Violence Against Women
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(Matching tags: domestic violence,eParticipation,online platforms)
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Only a few weeks after Saudi Arabia launched its first major campaign against domestic violence, another campaign has picked up momentum on social media. Sponsored by Libra Productions, the campaign slogan ...
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Created on 04 June 2013
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EU Tackles Plastic Waste
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(Matching tags: plastic waste,citizen participation)
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What should we do with plastic waste? European citizens have a say!
Each year in the European Union alone we throw away 3 billion tons of waste - some 90 million tons of it hazardous. This amounts ...
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Created on 07 March 2013
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Betaville lets New Yorkers play real-world Sim City
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(Matching tags: New York City,Sim city,Betaville,citizen participation,Levis Reyes)
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Looking like the Statue of Liberty's crown, five piers jut out of lower Manhattan's Battery Park. Filled with swirling waterways and trees, steps lead from the base of the crown to the top of its spiky, ...
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Created on 07 February 2013
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Smartphones bust up the digital divide
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(Matching tags: web traffic,mobile,smartphones,technology news)
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... That’s up from 17 percent in the third quarter and 6 percent in January 2011.
If we can believe these numbers (other reports show mobile devices with a somewhat smaller slice of global Web traffic), ...
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Created on 17 January 2013
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iMENTORS streaming wishes for the holidays!
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(Matching tags: Internet,wegov,tools for policy-making,Gov2u Project,participation)
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Created on 27 December 2012
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... Candy canes and silver lanes aglow!
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(Matching tags: open source,Gartner,European Commission,Neelie Kroes)
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Created on 22 December 2012
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Open Source Software is not a Dirty Word Anymore
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(Matching tags: Neelie Kroes,European Commission,Gartner,open source)
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Free as in Freedom
“Open Source is not a dirty word anymore.” That’s how Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, started her videoblog on the importance of Open Source Software (OSS) ...
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Created on 19 October 2011
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One Day on Earth: That's The Power of the Online Community
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(Matching tags: United Nation,one day on earth,Video)
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arth project, an ambitious initiative that planned to document life in every country in the world in a single 24-hour ...
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Created on 25 July 2011
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Harvard Internet Hero Arrested by the Feds
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(Matching tags: Jstor,Anonymous,FBI,Wikileaks,Swartz)
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Harvard Hacking and the Feds
A respected Harvard researcher has been arrested in Boston on charges related to computer hacking based on allegations that he downloaded articles that he was ...
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Created on 21 July 2011
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Urban planning with citizen participation
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(Matching tags: Transparency,Government,European Union,web mapping,citizen participation,urban planning)
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Sweden reinvents urban planning with citizen participation using 3D and Facebook
Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden, launches a unique 3D web service engaging citizens to contribute with ideas ...
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Created on 14 January 2013
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The Easiest New Year's Resolution Everyone Should Do
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(Matching tags: Internet,OccupyWallStreet,Protest,Citizens,participation)
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If you’ve already got New Year’s resolutions, these six steps to protecting your identity online will be the easiest one of the bunch, and will only take a few hours. The year 2012 may well be remembered ...
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Created on 03 January 2013
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12.
European Single Digital Market
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(Matching tags: Civil Liberties,Censorship,Wikileaks,information,Department of Defense)
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European Single Digital Market: Strategies and Contribution of LSPs was the focus of Mr. Vasilis Koulolias' presentation in the "europeone eGovernment conference" that took place the 3rd – 4th of December ...
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Created on 06 December 2012
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13.
Democracy Pays
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(Matching tags: participation,efficiency,democracy,demsoc,good practices,white paper)
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White Paper.
We are delighted to be republishing this blog post found on Democratic Society’s official webpage.
The post features the executive summary of a White Paper, written by Anthony Zacharzewski in ...
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Created on 08 February 2012
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14.
OccupyWallStreet: citizen participation comes in many forms
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(Matching tags: Protest,participation,OccupyWallStreet,Citizens,Internet)
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OWS is so large it has its own spin-offs
The OccupyWallStreet movement has been a major success in the sheer number and tenacity of its participants. Large part of this success is due ...
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Created on 31 October 2011
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Gov2u proudly presents WeGov: where eGovernment meets the eSociety
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(Matching tags: participation,Internet,tools for policy-making,Gov2u Project,wegov)
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... declining, voter turnout rates in elections, demonstrates the high levels of citizens’ apathy.
But we feel that voter apathy is partly a result of antiquated government consultation models - because ...
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Created on 21 October 2011
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Gov2u launches CitizenHouse.eu: The One-Stop-Shop to claim your rights in the EU
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(Matching tags: Civil Rights,participation,Website,Gov2u Project,democracy)
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Claim your rights to the EU
Citizenhouse.eu is your one stop shop to claim your rights in the EU. Designed for European citizens and civil society organizations, this website helps you ...
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Created on 14 September 2011
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The Marine Corps hand guide to online social behavior
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(Matching tags: Marines,Department of Defense,Social Media,Handbook)
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To Tweet or not to Tweet?
Last year, the U.S. Marine Corps stopped blocking access to Social Networking platforms like Facebook, or Twitter, to its troops, reversing an order issued the year ...
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Created on 14 September 2011
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Air Force List of WikiLeaks Banned Sites is Released
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(Matching tags: Wikileaks,information,Civil Liberties,Department of Defense,Censorship)
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... U.S. Air Force because of the WikiLeaks disclosures. The list of 45 sites primarily covers various WikiLeaks mirror sites, as well as several of the main media outlets that partnered with the whistleblowing ...
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Created on 14 September 2011
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Social Network Propaganda [ART]
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(Matching tags: Department of Defense,Propaganda,Posters,War,Revolution,Social Media)
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Social Propaganda
Citizens Welcome! We're back from our short but relaxing summer break! To end the month, we give you this interesting project by artist Aaron Wood. It is a series of posters placing ...
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Created on 29 August 2011
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US Department of Defense sees social media as a threat to National Security [REPORT]
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(Matching tags: Department of Defense,freedom of information,Social Media)
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... and influence which platforms like Twitter or Facebook cout potentially exercise on domestic and external politics. Information reveals that the U.S. Department of Defense called in experts to determine ...
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Created on 26 July 2011