Jillian York, the director of freedom of expression at EFF, praised the transparency around the takedown process.

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Jillian York, of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, noted that Twitter was promising to provide greater transparency than peers like Facebook.

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Jillian York, director of international freedom of expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in an e-mail that YouTube and Facebook generally are doing a good job of making sure videos from Syrian activists surface on their platforms.

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Through discussions on listservs, women responding to the Newsweek list shared their own champions: women like Esther Dyson, Mona Eltahawy, Latoya Peterson, Anna Holmes, Jillian York, Cheryl Contee, Gina Trapani, Samhita Mukhopadyay, Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort Page, Melissa Pierce, Elizabeth Stark, Tara Hunt and Cindy Gallop.

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