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  • May 2008
    • Like Lincoln and JFK, Obama Is on a New Channel

      Like Lincoln and JFK, Obama Is on a New Channel

      (Newser) - Lincoln, FDR, JFK... Obama? So runs the line of US leaders who have ruled by harnessing new communication technologies. Obama's mastery of the Web echoes Lincoln's use of newspapers, FDR's use of radio and JFK's use of television. Obama vows to put the Oval Office online if he wins, but Marc Ambinder warns in the Atlantic that he may find the Internet "unruly and fickle." More »

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      Barack Obama   Internet   Obama 2008   democracy   John F. Kennedy   presidency   Abraham Lincoln   communication   Franklin D. Roosevelt   online activism

  • April 2008
    • Facebook Used to Search for Darfur Criminals

      Facebook Used to Search for Darfur Criminals

      (Newser) - A humanitarian group is using Facebook to search for two war criminals involved with genocide in Darfur, the BBC reports. The War Crimes Watch List issued an open call on the social network for sightings of Ahmed Haroun and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, who face 51 counts of crimes against humanity for allegedly planning atrocities by Janjaweed militias. More »

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      Facebook   Darfur   war crimes   Crisis in Darfur   political activism   online activism

  • February 2008
    • Nader Still Buffering ... Buffering ...

      Nader Still Buffering ... Buffering ...

      (Newser) - Ralph Nader might seem like just the crusader to milk the Internet for all its movement-building potential, but, Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry write in Politico, his “self-defeating attitude” toward the web is likely to keep him on the sidelines. The third-party presidential hopeful claims his “Internet-literate associates” are working on a great campaign site, but indications are to the contrary. More »

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      Internet   Facebook   social networking   Ralph Nader   online activism   independent   presidential bid

  • November 2007
    • Facebook is Grinch Stealing X-mas: MoveOn

      Facebook is Grinch Stealing X-mas: MoveOn

      (Newser) - MoveOn.org plans to campaign against Facebook's "Beacon" ads, and do it on the social networking site's own turf, News.com reports. MoveOn promises an ad drive, a protest group, and an online petition over the advertisements—which post information about users' purchases on friends' news feeds. MoveOn calls the ads a “glaring violation of users’ privacy.” More »

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      Facebook   online privacy   Beacon   MoveOn   online activism

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