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[close] In the past few years there has been a surge in political and social movements around the globe fueled in part by the proliferation of Information and Communications Technologies. Decades-long dictatorships have been overthrown and censorship policies challenged as more and more people demand greater rights and liberties. Social Media has served as an invaluable tool in many of these movements, providing a simple and inexpensive means to communicate, organize, and exchange ideas. However, these technologies are also being used by more authoritarian regimes to control the Internet and prevent protests from developing. In the recently published Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy, Larry Diamond and Marx Plattner present a collection of thought-provoking essays on social media and their complicated role in contemporary political and social movements. Liberation Technology is available at the John T. Richardson Library, Call Number: 303.4833 L6954.

--Geoff P.

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