CrowdVoice allows readers to contribute to and read a dynamic aggregation of information on a specific topic through features like a blog widget and subscriptions. It is praised as a good resource for photos, videos and news related to protests in places like Bahrain, as well as a source for diverse citizen perspectives drawn from multiple sources. Commentators see it as a powerful tool for giving voice to dissent that fulfills the purpose of social media.

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CrowdVoice allows readers to read, and contribute to, a user-
generated, dynamic aggr egation of information on a specific t opic.
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Features include a blog widget to funnel contributions to a user's Consider Crowdvoice for updates on issues that matter to you.
site and the ability t o subscribe.
—Read Wr ite Web —Ashoka Peace
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It is a good resource for photos and videos of pr otests as well as An incredibly powerful tool for discovering voices of dissent.
links to news stories and reports.
—The Guar dian —Reza Asl an, author and pol itical commentator
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A great source for an insightful compilation of citizen per spectives, CrowdVoice’s ‘Human Rights Cr ackdown in Bahr ain’ is a must
drawing from traditional news sources, blogs, image gall eries, visit site for images and videos of the br avery of protesters set
and video clips fr om protest participants, intellectuals and experts against brutality and depr avity of Bahr ain’s security forces.
in the field.
—Peace & Conf ict Monitor —UN Dispatch
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It is an extremely well executed and timely platform and portal for This is the purpose for which social media was trul y born for.
people to connect with what is happening in the Middl e East.
—Bil l Liao, co-founder of Xing.com
—Ahmed Shihab El din, Al -Jazeer a

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