Tagged: Arab Spring & News
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Syria cut off from the internet News
29.11.2012 Amid fighting between the government and Free Syrian Army, reports are emerging that Syria has been cut off from the internet as of 10.30am today (12.30pm Irish time). -
Internet activist Wael Ghonim discusses Revolution 2.0 at the Dublin Web Summit (video) News
19.10.2012 At the time of the Egyptian revolution, Wael Ghonim was working as Googles regional marketing manager in the Middle East and North Africa. As a result of a Facebook group he... -
0.02pc of resources shared on social media are lost per day study News
20.09.2012 In this digital age we expect that significant cultural events are well documented, particularly with the advent of social media. However, a recent study shows that much of what... -
Jailed for a tweet human rights defender sentenced for three years in Bahrain News
16.08.2012 The president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of using social media in particular, Twitter for...Categories: Software, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Government, Digital Media, Communications -
Twitter steps in to protect freedom of speech News
09.05.2012 Social network Twitter has gone to court in New York in an attempt to quash a court order that requests it turns over information about one of its users who is being prosecuted... -
Hague: 'Nations must work together to fight cyber crime' News
18.10.2011 OP-ED: UK foreign secretary Rt Hon William Hague MP says nations must stand together in the fight against cyber crime. He has invited an Irish delegation led by Lucinda...Categories: Web, Servers, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Government, Education, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers