Category: Social Media

The Post examines Facebook’s potential for social and political activism.  After noting how the death of Neda Agha Solton generated huge interest, the article continues: But whether our virtual virtuousness will result in real-world action is unpredictable, and has as much to do with human nature as it does with amassing enough numbers. This is […]

Critics give the White House’s website high marks for style, but note its lack of substance.  Information is harder to find on the Obama Web site than it was on the site created and run by the Bush administration, according to Web site experts. “It doesn’t seem to be quite in line with the notion […]

The Times’ Nicholas Kristof endorses the Internet Freedom Initiative in this editorial today. If President Obama wants to support democratic movements on a shoestring, he should support an “Internet freedom initiative” pending in Congress. This would include $50 million in the appropriations bill for these censorship-evasion technologies. The 21st-century equivalent of the Berlin wall is […]