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Believe there is no silver bullet in the struggle against internet repression. there is no app for that. >> jill dougherty is in washington and watching as secretary clinton speaks at 10:00 a.m. at the first-ever strategic dialogue with civil society meeting. first, though, jill, there seems to be this shift within the administration turning foreign policy discussions from government-to-government, now government-to-people. >> reporter: yeah. you know, kyra, we have been watching this for a coup...

In earlier but nothing like talking to a young student, a brave student actually there do they take -- she and her friends take these threats of executions of the opposition leaders and the obvious crackdown do they take it as a motivational force or a source of fear? or both? >> i think she readily admits she is afraid and has every reason to be afraid, even just speaking to us on the phone is done at great risk. look, she is determined to try to make change. she says she wants freedom and is d...

State department awarded more than $20 million in grants for activists working at what she calls the cutting edge of the fight against internet repression. this year theyll add $25 million. a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping grass roots activists has received support from the state department. cofounder jason leidman says whats been happening on the streets is stuff theyve been talking about for two years. now its for real. >> the exciting thing for us is looking at whats happening in...

University secretary of state hillary clinton responded for them not doing to more. >> while the rights we seek to protect and support are clear, the various ways these rights are violated are increasingly complex. there is no silver bullet in the struggle against internet repression. there is no app for that. >> clinton went oto say the state department which last week launched twitter feeds in arabic would create accounts to cater to china, russia and india. the long-banned muslim brotherhoo...

Candidate for president to replace hosni mubarak. the king of bahrain is responding to protesters demanding change. he promised today that a committee will study government reforms and that two recent deaths during the unrest will be investigated. here in the u.s., secretary of state hillary clinton spoke about the influence of social media in the muslim world, but she said ensuring internet freedom is not easy. >> while the rights we seek to protect and support are clear, the various ways that ...