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Civilian Tales of Libya & Egypt Protests Immortalized in Crowdsourced Documentaries
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

Fueled by the trend of crowdsourcing coupled with the interest in the movements that have succeeded in overthrowing autocrats - at least in Tunisia and Egypt - after decades of rule, the stories of...

Archenette EvangelioFeb 27, 2011 01:39 pm GMT1915 views
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Civilian Tales of Libya & Egypt Protests Immortalized in Crowdsourced Documentaries
With WikiLeaks, Twitter and Facebook in the Running, Internet Dominates Nobel Race
document Distributed Knowledge

Pro-democracy protests come in the form of WikiLeaks, social media, and crowdsourced documentaries. These pro-democracy protests have now come to be hailed as the "new revoltion" of...

Archenette EvangelioMar 03, 2011 01:20 am GMT24466 views
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With WikiLeaks, Twitter and Facebook in the Running, Internet Dominates Nobel Race
Wikipedia to turn off for 24 hours in SOPA protest
document Distributed Knowledge

Describing the protest, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Twitter at 6pm UK time Monday that "Final details under consideration but consensus seems to be for "full" rather than...

Tim SatterthwaiteJan 17, 2012 05:21 am GMT1303 views
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Wikipedia to turn off for 24 hours in SOPA protest
News outlets temporarily enter encyclopedia business as Wikipedia goes dark to protest anti-piracy bills
document Distributed Knowledge

Wikipedia was just one of what was speculated as hundreds of websites -- like Reporters Without Borders -- to go dark Wednesday to protest the anti-piracy bills, which critics say amount to...

Jayne AnnJan 19, 2012 08:36 am GMT1043 views
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News outlets temporarily enter encyclopedia business as Wikipedia goes dark to protest anti-piracy bills
Shabbat bus ‘message-in’ inspires other activists to crowdsource protests
document Tools

Waze, used by nearly a million people daily,using a combination of GPS technology, crowdsourcing, and social networking, Waze lets drivers know if they are likely to hit traffic — or to chance...

Sebastian BlancaApr 19, 2012 11:21 pm GMT503 views
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Shabbat bus ‘message-in’ inspires other activists to crowdsource protests
Middle East and North Africa protests predicted on Beansight
article Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

How communities were able to predict events on the Middle East crisis.

Guillaume WolfMay 06, 2011 04:26 pm GMT2105 views
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Middle East and North Africa protests predicted on Beansight
Occupy Wall Street Newspaper Raises $54,000 on Kickstarter
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Occupy Wall Street is the beginning of a whole new kind of democracy: a bottom-up people's democracy led by the 99%.Their first project is The Occupy Wall Street Journal,a four-page...

Benjamin FosselOct 08, 2011 03:13 am GMT2723 views
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Occupy Wall Street Newspaper Raises $54,000 on Kickstarter
OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTESTERS' ARRESTS
video Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

The group, called Occupy Wall Street, has been protesting against the finance industry and other perceived social ills by camping out in Zuccotti park in New York. Watch how were arrested!

Benjamin FosselOct 08, 2011 03:29 am GMT1590 views
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OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTESTERS' ARRESTS
What the New Protests in Egypt Mean for the 'Twitter Revolutions'
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

There are,of course,plenty of efforts to use social media to help improve governing.Here in America,the Obama administration has,for example,created its own e-petitions site,where people can...

Pablo BracciniNov 24, 2011 07:54 am GMT1170 views
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What the New Protests in Egypt Mean for the 'Twitter Revolutions'
Why Scribd Joined the SOPA Protest
document Distributed Knowledge

Scribd, like various other crowd-sourced, social websites that have lined up in opposition to SOPA — Reddit and Tumblr being two of the most high-profile — believes that SOPA and PIPA would...

Benjamin FosselDec 22, 2011 10:29 pm GMT1665 views
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Why Scribd Joined the SOPA Protest
Wikipedia community has spoken, global anti-SOPA blackout protest begins Wednesday
document Distributed Knowledge

With Wikipedia now strongly on board, the fight against SOPA appears to be strengthening. Even the Whitehouse somewhat criticised both bills, calling for more “sound legislation” against content...

Harshida PatelJan 17, 2012 12:04 pm GMT1073 views
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Wikipedia community has spoken, global anti-SOPA blackout protest begins Wednesday
Shabbat bus ‘message-in’ inspires other activists to crowdsource protests
document Distributed Knowledge

Waze, used by nearly a million people daily, is one of the most popular social networking applications in Israel. Using a combination of GPS technology, crowdsourcing, and social networking, Waze...

Samuel BennettApr 20, 2012 01:12 pm GMT565 views
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Shabbat bus ‘message-in’ inspires other activists to crowdsource protests
‘We are in Third World War - an economic war. And the weapon is debt’
document Distributed Knowledge

An interview with Occupy London's Jamie Kelsey-Fry. According to Jamie, "Iceland is simple crowdsourcing their constitution themselves and it is managing well. This new technology...

Samuel BennettMay 03, 2012 07:34 am GMT536 views
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‘We are in Third World War - an economic war. And the weapon is debt’
Proposed Internet crackdown in Russia leads to Wikipedia blackout in protest
document Distributed Knowledge

Here’s what Wikipedia had to say about this today (translated into English): " Lobbyists and activists supporting the amendments, argue that they are directed exclusively against the...

Fritz SchaeferJul 10, 2012 03:09 am GMT966 views
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Proposed Internet crackdown in Russia leads to Wikipedia blackout in protest
Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy
document Distributed Knowledge

A Twitter Annotation project to facilitate translation of languages is essential. What this can do is prevent language from being a barrier to participate or follow a social change through social...

Tim SatterthwaiteJan 30, 2011 08:38 am GMT1542 views
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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy
Crowdsourcing information about protests worldwide with CrowdVoice.org
video Distributed Knowledge

CrowdVoice.org is a user-powered service that tracks voices of protest from around the world by crowdsourcing information. They've redesigned their site to make it easier and user-friendly...

Adam FrazerAug 07, 2011 03:07 am GMT913 views
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Crowdsourcing information about protests worldwide with CrowdVoice.org
Wikipedia Hides Italian Language Edition to Protest New Law
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Wikipedia is a live collaboration differing from paper-based reference sources in important ways. Unlike printed encyclopedias, Wikipedia is continually created and updated, with articles on...

Tim SatterthwaiteOct 05, 2011 07:13 am GMT2183 views
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Wikipedia Hides Italian Language Edition to Protest New Law
Hundreds march in Oakland anti-Wall Street protest
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer...

Tim SatterthwaiteOct 23, 2011 12:23 am GMT1375 views
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Hundreds march in Oakland anti-Wall Street protest
Occupy Fox News: Protesters' Ad To Air On 'The O'Reilly Factor' (VIDEO)
document Distributed Knowledge

The first big Occupy Wall Street ad buy came thanks to 168 people donating money online through a crowd-sourcing website called Loudsauce, which facilitates small donations of less than $100. Two...

Archenette EvangelioNov 18, 2011 07:46 am GMT798 views
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Occupy Fox News: Protesters' Ad To Air On 'The O'Reilly Factor' (VIDEO)
Kuwait: Protesters Storm the National Assembly
document Distributed Knowledge

MPs showed up as usual and gave speeches, but when security forces tried to stop one of them from speaking, the situation escalated and clashes began with security forces that caused some...

Harshida PatelNov 18, 2011 02:10 pm GMT697 views
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Kuwait: Protesters Storm the National Assembly
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