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Thursday October 22, 2009
Twitter against Tyrants: New Media in Authoritarian Regimes
Start: 10/22/2009 14:00
End: 10/22/2009 15:00

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe will hold a briefing on new media on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1539 of the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, DC.

This briefing will consider the ways in which new media and Internet communication technologies affect the balance of power between human rights activists and authoritarian governments. Panelists will focus on new media's role in protests and elections, the ways in which it empowers civil society activists, and how dictators use new technology to control and repress their citizens.

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