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Colleagues at Berkman analyze the first 18 days of data from tweets about the iranian elections. It's a much bigger phenomenon than the Moldova data set, with many more participants, but has a similar Pareto distribution. Fascinating to see how common retweeting was within the set of data. People are raising concerns about the decision to publish the most prominent tweeters, fearing Iranian government retaliation… a real challenge in working on publicly available data like this.
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An analysis of email from Enron suggests a signature pattern for a failing organization, a shift from organization-wide communications to smaller, trusted groups
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Excellent frontline/world story on the eWaste industry, and how recycling contractors are dumping waste on developing nations, causing environmental damage and exposing customers to identity theft at the hands of crafty Ghanaians.