A write up on digital activism and DigiActive as an organization.

In recent months, there’s been a marked increase in the mentions of how social media tools have been used around the world to enhance social activism either on a small scale, such as campaigning to free locally-jailed individuals, as was the case with “Free Jestina Mukoko” Facebook group or a larger scale, as was the case with the recent protests in Moldova. Press on the subject has varied from surface-level analysis to more well-informed accounts, but in each case, the use of digital tools was highlighted as playing an active and often pivotal role in the campaign.

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