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Jan. 28, 2011
Twitter, Facebook As Political Tools In Arab World
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| Tunisian and Egyptian political activists used Facebook and Twitter to organize protests and publicize breaking news. Harvard's Jillian York discusses the use of social media platforms for digital activism, and cases in which governments have blocked the services or compromised user privacy. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Jillian York
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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