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Ideas | How governments go after protesters using social media

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By Vladimir Cortes
| Rest of World Verified
It’s hard to imagine a protest in Latin America and the Caribbean without social media. Protesters use messaging apps, hashtags, and other creative formats to organize, participate in demonstrations, and call for action. In livestreams, people document police brutality in real-time, enabling accountability and reparations to the victims. Digital protests expose inequalities in the region and make broader social demands, including stopping violence against women.
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IGF 2021 WS #261 Best Practices in Content Moderation and Human Rights

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By Abby Vollmer, Jan Rydzak, Peter Cihon, Vladimir Cortes
| intgovforum.org
Time Wednesday, 8th December, 2021 (16:30 UTC) - Wednesday, 8th December, 2021 (17:30 UTC) Organizer 1: Abby Vollmer, GitHub Organizer 2: Jan Rydzak, Ranking digital rights Organizer 3: Vladimir Cortes, Article 19 Organizer 4: Peter Cihon, GitHub Speaker 1: Vladimir Cortes, Civil Society, Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Speaker 2: Abby Vollmer, Private Sector, Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Speaker 3: Malu Berges, Private Sector, Asia-Pacific Group Speaker 4: Brenda...
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The Destabilization Experiment

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By Michael Karanicolas, Gayatri Khandhadai, Vladimir Cortes, Mohamed Suliman
| Rest of World Verified
A decade after Twitter and Facebook were instrumental to massive national protest movements in Iran, Tunisia, and across the world, our understanding of how social media impacts democracy is quickly evolving. Early narratives pointing to these platforms as great agents of democratization have given way to a more nuanced understanding of their impact on our political discourse.
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