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Emily Parker

Emily Parker, a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations, is currently writing a book about democracy and the Internet.
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    Series: Human Rights
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    In April 2009, young people in Moldova used Twitter to organize protests against their government, and, two months later, it famously helped Iranians assemble and share information during their post-election protests. Now, the same thing is beginning to happen in China.... read
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