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I read a great post today on Global Voices Advocacy presenting the incredible power of Twitter as a mechanism for enabling communication and better networking despite state repression.
So much is said about Twitter, but not a huge amount about its emerging role in the Middle East. So it’s great to see this conversation emerge. It will no doubt enrich and forward the ‘what have bloggers done for the Middle East’ discussion – which has started to feel stale.
But two important caveats need to be made about Twitter in the Middle East before we simply assume that it already plays a critical social role.
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He’s widely tipped to be the next President of Egypt. He’s the policy chief in the ruling National Democratic Party (the NDP). And now he’s talking to Egyptians directly through the social web.
Today Gamal Mubarak, son of incumbent President Hosni Mubarak, will address questions posted on Facebook through a live video webcast.
It’s all part of an effort to build Mubarak junior’s credibility and support base, ahead of any future tussle for the presidency.
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As a broadcasting tool connecting individuals with established reputations to maintain, Twitter has a powerful potential for social change.
And so it proved in Iran – where Twitter once again came into its own as a vehicle for documenting events with utterly compelling immediacy and – initially at least – authenticity.
But for all that has been written and said about Twitter in Iran over the past week, the success it has enjoyed has been short lived.
