Global Voices · Citizen media stories from 2010 September 05

5 September 2010

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Stories from 5 September 2010

Jordan: Modified New Information Systems Crime Law Launched

Written by Gabriel Nada · Middle East & North Africa

Controversy surrounding new Information Systems Crime Law ends after the Jordanian government responds to criticism and amends the law. Bloggers and Twitter users react in this post.

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Cyber-Event Organized by Biblioredes Takes over Twitter

Written by Felipe Cordero · Latin America

On August 10, a 1-hour cyber-event was organized by Biblioredes, a Chilean network of public libraries. The cyber-event was hosted on Twitter and positioned the hashtag #biblioteca (#library) as a worldwide trending topic in a matter of hours. The event aimed to raise the profile of libraries as institutions of learning in a digital world.

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Timorese on Facebook

Written by Keta Haluha · East Asia

In the last year and a half there has been something of a surge in the use of the social media by East Timor netizens. While blogs are proliferating, Facebook appears to be increasingly the platform of choice. GV author Keta Haluha provides a definitive overview of Facebook links about East Timor

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Cambodia: Countdown to BarCamp Phnom Penh 2010

Written by Sopheap Chak · East Asia

The 2010 BarCamp Phnom Penh, which will take place on September 25 and 26, is expected to gather around 1,000 IT enthusiasts. This will be the third BarCamp event in Cambodia since 2008

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Updates from 5 September 2010

Tajikistan

Mark Notaras and Citt Williams bring Tajik women's viewpoint on climate change in OurWorld 2.0 blog. “The way that individual people perceive climate change is complex. Climate change impacts are not simply good or bad. They can be both, as demonstrated in this Our World 2.0 video-brief showcasing the perspectives on climate change of Tajik women.”

• Diego Casaes

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bosnian police have found the girl who appeared on YouTube video throwing puppies to a river, thanks to animal protection organization's tips and online citizens who helped pinpoint location and identity of the young girl from video footage.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

Tanzania

An interview of Barry Childs, the founder Africa Bridge, talking about Africa Bridge work with farmers and children in ruralTanzania.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Kenya

Tom's dream about Maker Faire Africa 2011: “I have a little dream that we could use the Maker Faire Africa gathering in 2011 or 2012 as a place to bring together the African grassroots bicycle sector.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Kenya

Videos from Maker Faire Africa 2010: “The following videos provides impressions of the Maker Faire and gives some Makers the chance to present their projects.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Mozambique

“This week's deadly unrest in Mozambique became a global news story in part because reporters and citizen journalists used new media and social networking tools,” Mohammed Keita reports.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Japan

A 62-year-old Japanese man, known as uncle Yamashita, rollerbladed across the United States from the east to the west coast.
During his 6000 km journey he tweeted @kenyamashita62 [ja] and was in contact with his supporters through Facebook [ja, en]. A group of friends also followed his adventure at two blogs ( Japanese and English).
Ken Yamashita reportedly arrived to Cape Cod [en] on September 03 and plans on getting back to Japan in October.