OpenNet Initiative

Rise of the Syriabots: Syrian Loyalists Flood Twitter with Propaganda

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

We talk with Jillian York, Project Coordinator for the OpenNet Initiative at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and Anas Qteish, a Syrian blogger based in Boston who says he’s been spammed repeatedly by pro-government ‘forces.’

Breaking Down the (Fire) Wall in Iran

August 14, 2013Development & Education

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