The group started off by talking about a local lady that organizes and educates people on cases, Kim DeFranco. It was interesting that she uses twitter and Facebook to promote the causes. I also found it interesting that she uses other forms of media because just using Twitter and Facebook does not work well.
I was fascinated by the information on the Mexican Drug Wars and their use of social networking. I am glad that hackers found the guts to threaten the Cartel. Maybe if more people stood up to them in this way then the Cartel could be overthrown. I do think that part of the reason that it worked is because the hackers were faceless. I realized that the Cartel found out who they were and eventually murdered them but it was a start.
The group went on to talk about China. They told how China owns runs all the media sites in the country. The group told us that social network sites are monitored by the Chinese government. I find this to be disconcerting. If someone was to tell me that the US government does this I would not be totally surprised. I think that we will see another Tiananmen Square with the help of social networking.
The last two things that the group talked about were the riots in England and the US military. In both cases you can see the good and bad sides of social networking. It will be interesting to see how the world of politics and revolution evolve and change because of this.
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