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In 2006, I founded ZapBoom Consulting, a firm which looks at how digital tools like cell phones and the Internet can be used in campaigns for social change, particularly in developing countries. I have researched and written reports on topics ranging from online citizen journalism to blog advocacy and internet censorship. I have also performed in-country Internet monitoring and international conference organizing. I first became interested in digital activism in 2004-2005 while living in Morocco. It was the fall after (Leer más)

Alrededor de 42 personas murieron anoche en la localidad nigeriana de Ikate, tras una explosión de un conducto de combustibles a las afueras de la ciudad de Lagos, informaron hoy fuentes policiales y equipos de rescate.Las víctimas son personas que estaban intentando forzar el conducto que transportaba derivados del petróleo desde la terminal de Atlas Cove, en la costa de Lagos, hasta depósitos del sudoeste del país. La idea era robar combustible, algo habitual en este país, el primer productor (Leer más)

I guess it doesn't surprise anyone when an African country with a history of military coups and rampant corruption pulls off an election that is rife with fraud, violence, and disenfranchisement. Still, the shamelessness of the abuse of power made it rather shocking. Here's a taste from the report I am writing on the elections for the OpenNet Initiative (ONI): The local elections of April 14, as well as the presidential election on April 21 were marred by blatant and (Leer más)