307 / The illusion of online activism

how can I be sure this won’t just lead to ‘Citizen-washing’?

The world needs my participation more than ever. Again, it is not a question of whether, but how.

A few days after his murder, an Egyptian Google employee based in the United Arab Emirates, Wael Ghonim, set up a Facebook page called We Are All Khaled Said. The page, which exposed and protested police violence, attracted almost half a million followers, then became the key source of information about protests in Tunisia, which ultimately drove E

Now that we’ve made sharing information virtually effortless, how do we increase depth of understanding, while also creating a level playing field that encourages ideas that come from anywhere?