We are currently writing from the Capitol Building in Washington, DC where Digital Democracy is submitting written testimony to a special Congressional hearing investigating the role of digital technology in protests that have occurred in recent years in countries under authoritarian governments:
Helsinki Commission Briefing
“Twitter against Tyrants: New Media in Authoritarian Regimes”
October 22, 2009
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Testifying at US Congress
Oct 22, ’09
11:01 AM
Putting together DdTv
Oct 20, ’09
7:56 AM
The Digital Democracy team is growing, and I’d like to introduce myself as one of the latest members. I didn’t mean to lurk in the corner for five months, but here it just happened!
I help create Digital Democracy TV, our semiweekly internet television show that follows the adventures of Mark and Emily in the US [...]
Heading to the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping
Oct 14, ’09
2:56 PM
This weekend, Digital Democracy is heading to join the conversations at the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2009).
Co-organized by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and John Carroll University (JCU), ICCM is bringing together leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of humanitarian work and human rights, along with scholars, software developers, policy makers [...]
DdTv Episode 6: Open Dream
Oct 6, ’09
3:00 PM
Bangkok is one of the centers of tech innovation in Asia, but it hasn’t always been that way. Tune in as our newly inoculated team moves from Bangkok Hospital to speak with John Berns, one of the co-founders of Barcamp Bangkok, about the rise of the local tech community. After a bike tour of the [...]
