[Yr11 Information Technology] FW: Digital revolutionaries under surveillance

Thu May 12 23:59:49 EST 2011

A powerful and fascinating visualisation of the influence of Twitter in
Egypt if anybody is curious.
     http://www.kovasboguta.com/1/post/2011/02/first-post.html

Regards Roland

On 12 May 2011 13:38, Christophersen, Paula P <
christophersen.paula.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  Sounds interesting. Transcripts are available if you cannot listen to the
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> Thursday 12th May 2011
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>  *DIGITAL REVOLUTIONARIES UNDER SURVEILLANCE<http://abcmail.net.au/t/1405745/553073/26434/0/>
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> Reporter: Stan Correy
> In Egypt democracy activists called themselves the Facebook
> revolutionaries, but in China there are fears the social networking sites
> will be used to spy on dissidents. For governments, social media represent
> easy access to their citizens, for good or ill. But for digital
> entrepreneurs, including the odd Russian billionaire, there must be money in
> it, if they could only find a way. No-one knows where it will go next.
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