Presentation: Tweet"Voice for the Voiceless: The Internet and how it became the Next Best Hope for Earth"

Abraham Lincoln, an American president facing the specter of a civil war, said "We -- even we here -- hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." Over the past few months, we've witnessed a radical reshaping of governments both through response to their citizenry and by revolution. Contrary to the hopeless dystopian predictions of George Orwell's 1984, these popular movements organized, fueled and documented their history in the making using social networking and other Internet-based technology. This presentation will examine both how these tools were leveraged, and how we can work to ensure that the Internet will continue to give a voice to the voiceless.