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Hi all,

This week on the Outriders podcast we take a look at the ways in which online communites put their skills to good use when it came to getting messages in and out of Egypt.

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is a senior fellow at the and Co-founder of online. She explained the ehtical issues associated with global communications and how the companies involved may want to think about the protection of staff, signals and human rights.

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The ways in which people can change their methods of communication may be myriad, but they might also depend on the knowlege of those who understand slightly older technologies. The group of activists worked hard to open lines of communication via fax, dial-up modem and even ham radio for Egypt. One of their agents, kindly took a moment to explain how we should get to know our technologies.

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When a signal can be established and people have the opportunity to speak, the technologies around the internet are certainly useful. However, not all messages are easy to understand, especially if you do not speak the same language. Brian Conley of noted the Speak to Tweet service broadcasting comments and reports out of Egypt and identified another way in which Arabic speakers around the world could help to get voices heard. He explained how volunteers around the globe made sure people could read in Chinese, Albanian, English and other languages.

That's all we had time for again this week, but as usual, you can help us out by letting me know what lights your fire online. You can email me at Outriders at bbc dot co dot uk, send a or search for Outriders on Facebook and join in with our weekly updates.

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Until next week!
~ Jamillah