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My friend Alan Huang finally steps up and takes a bow for the excellent work he's been doing in the censorship circumvention space with Ultrareach.
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Steve Bloomfield sees the Makmende viral phenomenon as evidence that the internet has become a routine part of Kenyan online culture
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Debates over amputation as a punishment in the context of Sharia were breaking out over Twitter and Facebook – a sharia court in Nigeria just ordered the debate online stopped for fear that sharia would be mocked in these fora
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Excellent piece that suggests that the rise of texting will lead towards philanthropy being more participatory, and may change the nature of the "development porn" version of charitable solicitation – people may demand to be able to text the children they're helping, not just receive a yearly letter…