Where Are The Post-WikiLeaks Digital Whistleblowers?
Following WikiLeaks' dramatic arrival on the global stage, a host of digital whistleblowing groups emerged ready to use new media to shake up the old order. So why has the expected deluge of...
View ArticleThe Week In Data
After an all too brief summer break, our weekly data digest returns to explore murder in the US, the meaning of a neighbourhood, Great British Bands and the farthest reaches of the galaxy. It's The...
View ArticleThe Cyber Cold War
In the battle for control of the Internet, the US holds most of the cards. Now Russia and China are calling for greater individual state power, while others argue the UN is best placed to manage the...
View ArticleMeet the HackerMoms
In California, a group of mothers and hacking enthusiasts have created one of the world's first hacker-crèches, a place to find support, friendship and creative fulfillment.
View ArticleThe Associated Whistleblowing Press
The founders of the Associated Whistleblowing Press, the latest project designed to facilitate whistleblower leaks, aim to learn the lessons of the WikiLeaks project - and focus on making an impact at...
View ArticleThe Week In Data
This week we look inside a radio station (via Twitter), examine the role of money in the US Presidential election, track murder in Guatemala and explore the age when we are at our most creative. It's...
View Article13 of the Newest Political and Civic Tools
As the US presidential election draws ever nearer, Matt Stempeck rounds up 13 new tools that leverage digital technology to impact at the political and civic level.
View ArticleWestern Spy Tech Linked to Bahrain Regime
Further evidence of western technology being used by Arab regimes to spy on activists. FinFisher, the makers of the spyware, were identified by Owni & WikiLeaks last year as part of the global...
View Article‘Dying With Dignity is Better Than Living as Slaves’
In Bahrain, a leading human rights activist has just been sentenced to life imprisonment, having been brutally tortured and raped. His daughter and other activists also languish in cells, for...
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Quick, Stop All Ushahidi Deployments in Egypt!
Has the world gone crazy? There are now at least five Ushahidi deployments in Egypt. Somebody stop this proliferation before things really gets out of control. This is ridiculous, who knows what could...
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Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood: A New...
I recently had the distinct pleasure of participating in a fascination workshop on “Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood: A New Form of Governance?” The workshop was...
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A List of Completely Wrong Assumptions About Technology Use in Emerging...
I’ve spent the past week at the iLab in Liberia and got what I came for: an updated reality check on the limitations of technology adoption in developing countries. Below are some of the assumptions...
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The Proof is in the Pendulum: a History of Digital Activism and Repression
Purist arguments of cyber-optimism and cyber-pessimism are becoming increasingly irrelevant as evidence of digital technology’s ability to both empower and repress accumulates. However, what is the...
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The Week In Data
We begin our data journey this week in the unfamiliar destination of Afghanistan. For seven years The Asia Foundation have been carrying out opinion polling on the Afghan population, regarding their...
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The Year In Data
Owni’s data team – collectively known as Paule d’Atha – are pleased to present a selection of the best of the best of their weekly round-up of data on the web, from a year that’s seen so many...
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Media and Developers Team Up for Somalia Speaks SMS Project
In the Horn of Africa, Somalia makes headlines, but often only because of drought, famine, crisis and insecurity. Al Jazeera launched Somalia Speaks to help amplify stories from people and their...
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How Nonprofits Can Encourage Digital Innovation
As the number of digital activism successes (and failures) increases, nonprofits are getting more serious about being digitally innovative. Some, like Oxfam, which has funded shiftLabs and Greenpeace,...
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Facebook and Twitter are just places revolutionaries go
Tweets were sent. Dictators were toppled. Internet = democracy. QED. Sadly, this is the level of nuance in most popular accounts of the Internet’s contribution to the recent unrest in the Middle East....
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Quick, Stop All Ushahidi Deployments in Egypt!
Has the world gone crazy? There are now at least five Ushahidi deployments in Egypt. Somebody stop this proliferation before things really gets out of control. This is ridiculous, who knows what could...
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