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Social media: cutting both ways since the 1990s
Originally posted at my own blog.
Social media -- those avenues to send instant, short, widely-distributed messages and images -- cuts both ways:
- It can be used to organize protesters, but it can also be used to identify protesters and arrest them.
- It can be used to spread information, but it can also be used to spread MISinformation.
- You can use it to promote your organization and cause, and others can use it to tear down your organization.
And it's been used to organize protests since the 1990s - so can we stop now with how "new" it all is?
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