Web 2.0 & Human Rights - a nice fit

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May 24, 2006

Web 2.0 & Human Rights - a nice fit

Filed under: Wiki News, Wikis worth looking at — Mark

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Two wikis are being used, Global Voices and Demologue.

Last August, when I was working on a story for Online Journalism Review about activists using technology to organize protests in Egypt, I made the mistake of focusing too much on blogs. One of the people I interviewed, Alaa Abd El Fattah, was quick to pounce on me for asking about blogs and only blogs, when Egyptians were using so many other means to organize.

and

"The total cost of launching a global human rights campaign using digital tools: $0. The total time needed to launch a global human rights campaign using digital tools: 24 hours."

via PBS: Blogs, Wiki, Google Bomb Used to Free Egyptian Activist