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Tectonic: Free Software Working for Human Rights

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2006

“Monitoring human rights abuses around the world can be a risky
proposition with data collectors, reporters and community members
at constant risk of discovery. The Martus project pits the best of
the open source software world against abusers to create a safe and
secure environment in which human rights activists can record and
store data on abuses without fear.

“Martus. If you Google for the word, you may well get lost in a
list of names, publications and even photography options. Among
them though you may find a human rights software application named
after the Greek word for ‘witness…'”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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