Saturday, October 11, 2014

A must-have app for protesters - One Man's Meat | The Star Online

http://socialnetworkingnews.org/a-must-have-app-for-protesters-one-mans-meat-the-star-online/


IN the London riots (2011), the technological innovation that played a role in the social unrest was BlackBerry Messenger.


In the Arab Spring (2011), it was Facebook and Twitter. In the (Arab) Autumn Rage (2012), it was YouTube (hosting the 13-minute trailer of “Innocence of Muslims”).


In the Turkish protests (2013), it was VPN (virtual private network that encrypts data and allows users to surf the Internet anonymously).


For Occupy Central in Hong Kong, it is FireChat


Source: www.thestar.com.my


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