10 January 2014

Stories from 10 January 2014

Monitoring the Russian Internet for Big Bucks

RuNet Echo

The Russian Federal Protective Service is asking software developers to design a system that automatically monitors the country’s news and social media, producing reports that study netizens’ political attitudes.

10 January 2014

25 Influential Brazilian Black Women Online

The website Blogueiras Negras (Black Bloggers, in the feminine), has created a list of the 25 most influential Brazilian black women on the Internet [pt]. The list includes human rights advocates,...

10 January 2014

Hacking Global Voices Special Coverage

How could we make Global Voices complex, ongoing stories more beautiful, accessible and useful? MIT Media Lab’s Center for Civic Media invited a diverse group of technology and storytelling mavens...

10 January 2014

7 Theories of Why Putin Freed Khodorkovsky

RuNet Echo

Illarionov has devoted special attention to Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s unexpected release from prison last December, and his most recent piece on the subject itemizes several different explanations for Putin’s sudden decision.

10 January 2014