Stories about Social Media
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Taking Back the Tech: Using Wikipedia to Counter Violence Against Women
The first Hack4Change meetup in India included a Wikipedia edit-a-thon, expanding articles on violence against women, and collaborating on data-driven digital media projects related to women’s rights.
Sanskar, Harmony Through Acceptance
Bridging cultural differences through understanding, Sanskar is a new interactive app to teach through gaming.
Peru: Collective Collaboration to Generate Public Safety Data
The goal of Amasuwa is to use crime data to create maps of unsafe areas in Peru and to alert the public to crime-heavy places.
Tweets2Rue: Making Homeless Connections
Because no one is better situated to speak about the problems of the homeless than the homeless themselves, a new project enables five of them to tweet their concerns, and their hopes, and their daily lives.