Twittersphere Rallies to Help Turks By-Pass Block

in the news | March 21, 2014

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Emily Parker:

Emily Parker, a New America Foundation fellow who has a new book on digital activism in authoritarian governments, noted that many people are able to use Twitter despite bans in countries such as China.

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