Esra’a Al-Shefai is decentralizing tools for activism online

The World

 Activist Esra’a Al-Shefai, based in Bahrain, has created a number of platforms that give voice and information to protests and human rights issues. Crowdsourcing plays a major role in all of it. Host Marco Werman speaks with her about how digital activism is persisting and evolving.

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