Cambodia: Women Entrepreneurs and Social Media

Cambodia: Women Entrepreneurs and Social Media

Written for Global Voices by Sopheap Chak · East Asia

Women entrepreneurs in Cambodia gathered last week to discuss the role of social media, particularly Facebook, in expanding their businesses. Sopheap Chak highlights the important points raised during the meetingread »

Kuwait: Shia Twitter User Arrested

Written for Global Voices by Mona Kareem · Middle East & North Africa

Kuwaiti Nasser Abul, a young Shia man, has been arrested, allegedly for his posting on micro-blogging site Twitter. This is the first time a Twitter user is held for tweets in the country. The arrest has created a furour on Twitter, where many called for his release. read »

Kazakhstan: Setting up borders online

(Global Voices) by Sergey Park · Translated by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

Earlier this week Kazakhstani internet users began to observe a curious phenomenon. Google.kz now redirects to the main Google.com website with a Kazakh language interface. read »