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Trinidad & Tobago: Social Media Crimefighting

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 @ 15:11 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Trinidad & Tobago
Topics:: Ideas, Internet & Telecoms, Law, Software & Tools, Technology
Languages:: English

Taran Rampersad is glad “to see that social media is being seen as a tool for fighting crime in Trinidad and Tobago”, but says there are more effective ways in which to do it.

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