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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Michael Best, Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, will work with his research team using social media to spot possible irregularities and track violence during the Liberian election. The team will use an aggregator that pulls content from 20 different websites, including Twitter, Facebook, and SMS messaging services. Liberians will go to the polls early Tuesday morning in their second presidential election since a brutal civil war in 2003. Source: The Republic, October 10, 2011
