Bangladesh: Facebook Temporarily Blocked

Bangladesh has become the second country in Asia after Pakistan to block the entire Facebook domain in recent times. On 28th May, 2010 Friday at around 8:30 the ban was executed on charges of malicious propaganda against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hurting religious feelings, reports [bn] blogger and journalist Biplob Rahman at MuktoMona blogging platform. However the site was still accessible via mobile (m.facebook.com). Newspapers...

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Civics In Difficult Places

In a live demonstration of globe-straddling communication technologies like Skype, this forum connects to citizen journalists and activists around the world, some of whom frequently test the limits of governmental authority. Moderator Ethan Zuckerman wonders if these new digital forms are fundamentally liberating, providing users access to public spaces they might otherwise be denied. He pursues this line of inquiry in a series of internet conversations with correspondents covering some of the world’s most ravaged or oppressed regions. (MIT World) Speakers: Cameran...

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Packman's 30th Birthday Celebrated By Google

If you go to Google.com today you will find The Pac Man logo displayed on top. You might be wondering what an ugly looking logo is doing there. Actually its the 30th anniversary of the legendary video game and its Google's tribute to Pac Man. And guess what! The Google Logo is actually a playable version of Pac Man. Yes playable! When you click "Insert Coin" or just click on the logo you can start playing. This is really amazi...

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Global Voices Summit 2010 In Videos

The Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2010 in Santiago, Chile at a glance. Ceasefire Liberia: Rising African Voices from Kevin Rennie on Vimeo. Presentation of Nat Bayjay, project manager of Ceasefire Liberia, a Rising Voices project. A Discussion of Content Moderation: Global Voices Citizen Media Summit Santiago, Chile, May 6, 2010. Victoria Grand, Senior Manager for Communications at YouTube, speaks on content moderation processes. Grand provides a 'behind-the-scenes' look at YouTube's content removal and deactivation policies. The panel...

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Goodbye Chile

The last ten days were an amazing experience for me in life. I have been one of the most exciting countries of South America, Chile. I am sorry I could not update the blog for many reasons. Twitter and facebook killed much of my time. And if you are following me on those you could get many updates. During the Global Voices Summit we stayed at a hotel which had a great wifi service (and free). But as soon as all the laptop totting Global Voices people started to come in dozens their server crashed. And we had virtually no internet for the first...

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Images from the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit - Day 2

Technology For Transparency session Namita speaking David, Ivan, Georgia More faces from Santiago - Via Alexei Sidorenko&nb...

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More Images from The Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2010

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Global Voices Citizen Media Summit In Chile 2010 Live Blog

Follow the live blog here. Summit Liveblog in Engl...

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Tweets About The Summit

ivonotes: RT @gvsummit2010: We are on twitter and on Yahoo meme http://meme.yahoo.com/globalvoices/ . Remember to use the hashtag! #gv2010 akareilly: at #gvsummit2010 in Santiago Chile, learning about and meeting people responsible for citizen media around the world. #fb drawab: Internet at #GV2010 suffering from 'hyperblogger degenerative syndrome' - too many bloggers hogging the net latelyontime: #gv2010 In Chile, in 2009, 1 million twitter accounts were created in a population of 16 million, where 7 million are already on #FB...

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Images from the Summit

#gv2010 summit registration line Solana and Stephen Photo by Enda Nasution (Indonesia) Session on internet in Chile and how it has grown. Social Media helps people overcome social isolation. Facebook and twitter provide people with an outlet and a way to communicate. (Image by Fabs...

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The Summit Has Started

Ok. Folks. I am in Santiago, Chile since last Monday. The first two days we had informal workshops to help the Rising Voices guys who will be presenting their projects in the summit. I have walked a bit in the town and went up to the hills of San Cristobal. How can I describe Santiago (Chile) for you? Lots of stray dog and hot dog booths, fast food, lots of buses and Metros full of people, universities, fresh fruits, most beautiful Tomatoes I have...

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Images From My Travel

Starry night in the flight from Jakarta to Dubai Burj Dubai Burj Al A...

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In Dubai

The journey from Jakarta to Dubai was full of uncertainties. My flight was pre-poned and I went to the airport 2:30 hour early. But there were large queues in all the Emirates check in counters. It took me 2 hours to check in and at one point of time I became scared alongwith other passengers that we are going to miss the flight. The Boeing 777-300 must have been full booked with more than 400 passengers which created more chaos. I don't know whether the computerized system or the check in staffs were slow - but I must say they had enough counters...

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Global Voices Citizen Media Conference In Chile 2010

In a few hours time I will be starting my journey towards Santiago, Chile to attend the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2010. Countdown To Santiago: Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,...

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