Today in The World Digest, Marco talks with researcher Zeynep Tufekci who discusses the implications of the SOPA legislation.

Also take a listen to the (translated) recording from Italy’s Coast Guard of one of its commanders on shore speaking on the phone with Costa Concordia Captain Schettino in the middle of the crisis. Jaw dropping.

To round things out we have news of an effort to prevent people from riding on top of trains in Indonesia (hint: it involves cement balls), you’ll hear a report on new technology for determining whether planes can fly through ash clouds, and a report on using school buses as mobile classrooms in India.

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