The “Arab Spring” uprisings and even the recent uprisings in the U.K. proved one thing: In some places, SMS is very much alive. Even without smartphones, protesters, journalists, and activists were able to share visual information with the rest of the world. Twitter is looking to take advantage of that. READ MORE
During the “Arab spring” uprisings, the West decried the ruling regimes’ practice of shutting down or severely limiting protesters’ access to social media. But that’s exactly what the U.K. government recently proposed: to ban social media during times of “civil unrest, disorder, or rioting.” However, after high-level talks with companies such as Research in Motion, Twitter, and Facebook, they are doing a quick about-face. READ MORE
