activism 2.0

we are still trying to figure out, what these new tools mean, so do not read too much into the following story, but do follow it!

(CNN) — An American student who used a microblog site to free himself from an Egyptian jail is harnessing the Web’s power again — this time to demand the release of his translator.
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James Karl Buck was released from a Mahalla jail after sending a one-word blog post from his cell phone through the Twitter Web site. The message — “Arrested” — alerted all of his friends on the site of his detention.

Twitter, a social-networking blog site, allows users to send status updates, or “tweets,” from cell phones, instant messaging services and Facebook in less than 140 characters.

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Philipp Müller works in the IT industry and is academic dean of the SMBS. Author of "Machiavelli.net". Proud father of three amazing children. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

05. June 2008 by Philipp
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