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Dedicated to improving peace in the world by promoting projects that the organization endorses. They also have a Global Peace Ranking Index each year that tells you how peaceful each country is. This site has some great resources for using social media deeper purposes.

UNITED - a music video promoting tolerance and peace to young people the world over. The music video, United, was produced for use by educators, law enforcement and youth officials to promote human rights and advocate non-violence amongst young people. Subtitled in 18 languages, its universal message of tolerance and peace has to date reached more than 50 million.

This short film was produced in five days during a social media training program in Northern Thailand near the Thai/Burma boarder. It was made by Kayan Indigenous youth who are fighting for justice and peace for their Indigenous peoples living in Burma.

Kayan New Generation Youth is a network dedicated to spreading Human Rights awareness by providing current events, news as well as, research resources online. It is also dedicated to promoting peace, education and democracy to the Kayan community.

"I've been testing a service called ZoneAlarm SocialGuard that I think strikes a good balance between safety and privacy, between a parent's peace of mind and a teen's sense of freedom. Every five minutes, it monitors kids' Facebook accounts for approaches by potential predators and strangers, cyber-bullying, age fraud, account hacking, and links to inappropriate or malicious websites. It uses algorithms that look for certain types of language, profile data, or other clues that unwanted activity may be under way."

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