NPR senior strategist and PdF pal Andy Carvin just put out a call on Twitter for help titling his book proposal. He tweets: "Need to brainstorm a working title for my book proposal. Any ideas? Would really like to avoid using social media cliches. #acarvinbook" Read More

At Nordic Techpolitics MEP (and PdF friend) Marietje Schaake exposed one of the darkest side of the Internet: Western countries are exporting technology in Middle East countries fighting for independence ... Read More

Go read John Pollock's insightful, well-written explanation of how online activists in Egypt and Tunisia used a mix of technology and tactics to foment revolution, which appears online and in the September/October ... Read More

Make videos, not bombs? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced on Twitter recently that it has launched an Arabic-language YouTube channel. Bloomberg News reported today that NATO has said it will not stop its ... Read More

From The Guardian's ongoing live blog of events in the Middle East: Protesters say they have been taking the sim cards of those shot dead so that they can talk to each other and media without being tracked, Nour Ali (a ... Read More

Add Israel to the growing list of countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Spain, Italy, England...) where a new form of network-based mass protest against the status quo has suddenly blossomed on the streets. ... Read More

The Saudi Arabian government may soon learn the answer to a deeply philosophical question: If the draft of a bill is posted to the Internet, but is inaccessible from inside the country where the bill may become law, can ... Read More

Fear of Syrian government retaliation against people who use social media to find and coordinate protests is now keeping Syrians off those platforms, Reuters reports: I am too scared to speak about my political activity ... Read More