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#january25 One Year Later: Social Media & Politics 3.0

Rory O'Connor | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Social Media, Egypt Revolution, January 25, Egypt Protests, Arab Spring, Social Media Revolution, Twitter Revolution, #january25 Anniversary, Syria, Media News
Rory O'Connor

One year ago, a revolution began in Egypt that still reverberates there. What, if anything, did it all have to do with the rise of social media?

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Egypt's Youth Gears Up for Friday Protest Against the Armed Forces

Mónica Villamizar | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Graffiti, Cyberactivism, Arab Uprisings, Egypt, Twitter Revolution, World News
Mónica Villamizar

There's another image of the Statue of Liberty wearing a burka and another which needed to be explained: the underpants of Mohamed H Tantawi, the commander of the armed forces.

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The Internet as a Tool for Repression

Mark Engler | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Egypt, RSA Animate, Iran, Tunisia, Online Organizing, Evgeny Morozov, Twitter Revolution, World News
Mark Engler

Evgeny Morozov criticizes the assumption that the Internet is necessarily helping to promote democracy.

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Twittering the Revolution

The European Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Demonstrations, Tunisia Riots, Twitter, Tunisia, Twitter Revolution, Political Activism, Tunisia Twitter, Egypt Twitter, Technology News
The European Magazine

It is good to have Twitter, even if you are not trying to stage a revolution. But the platform remains the stomping ground for a rather smug information elite that tend to overestimate their actions.

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The Jasmine Revolution: One-Time Wonder or Portent of Things Yet to Come?

William F. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter Tunisia, Tunisia Protests, Tunisia Revolts, Tunisia, Twitter Iran, Twitter Revolution, Tunisia Riots, World News
William F. Schulz

While elements of Tunisia's so-called Jasmine Revolution parallel other upheavals, no one knows for sure what makes for success when it comes to explosions of popular outrage.

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: G-20 Pittsburgh, Anarchists, G-20 Summit, Twitter, G-20 Protests, Twitter Revolution, Media News
Matt Osborne

Re-tweeting is hardly "criminal use of a communication facility;" it's built into the architecture of the website. Elliot Madison was using Twitter exactly as it was designed and intended to be used before he was arrested.

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Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey On Using Twitter For Social Change

Huffington Post | Shams Kazi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Good, Alliance for Youth Movements, Revolution, Twitter, Iran Election, Jack Dorsey, #Pman, Moldova, Twitter Revolution, Impact News

In case you haven't noticed, Twitter has made headlines recently as a platform for passionate people to effect social change. In April, the presiden...

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Guardian Council Rules Out Vote Annulment In Iran

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the ...

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Is Revolution Brewing in Iran?

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Revolution, Protest, Iran, Reovlution, Tehran, Iran Elections June 12, Khatami, Green Revolution, Ahmadinejad, Twitter Revolution, Iran-Elections-June-12, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

The supreme leader of Iran has two clear choices: Save the fragile legitimacy of the Islamic Republic by calling for new elections, or move toward a system that increasingly looks like a dictatorship.

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