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My Digital Activism Biography

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 19/01/2008 at 20:25

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 my graduation from Vassar College and I was working as a Programs Assistant at the National Democratic Institute in

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ONI Report on the 2007 Presidential Elections in Nigeria

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 31/12/2007 at 23:25

In April of this year I was hired by the OpenNet Initiative to go to Lagos, Nigeria, to install election-monitoring software which tested whether the government was filtering the Internet during the presidential elections. (No filtering was found, either during the elections or in the two weeks preceding, though several sites were down at times because of faulty infrastructure.) Here is the final version of the report I wrote. You can download it by clicking on the image on the left or by clicking the link below.

ONI Nigeria Report (PDF)

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Explosión en Nigeria deja 42 muertos

Posted by Publimetro in Publimetro on 26/12/2007 at 12:58

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Photos of my consulting job in Nigeria

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 05/05/2007 at 10:33

At the beginning of April I went to Lagos, Nigeria, to set up an internet monitoring program for the OpenNet Intiative (ONI), a research consortium that documents internet filtering worldwide. The goal of the project was to see whether the Nigerian government was censoring web content during the elections on April 21. Here are a few shots and here is the final report I wrote.

me at our testing space in Lagos with the equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

defaced election posters on an overpass in Lagos

a state gubernatorial candidate giving a speech (he lost)

Standing in front of election posters

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I'm depressed about the Nigerian election

Posted by Mary in ZapBoom on 23/04/2007 at 20:17

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 widespread violence, fraud, and disenfranchisement. The anecdotes were both shocking and disheartening. In the northern village of Dandume, not a (Read more)

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