Tag Archives: China

Facebook taking over China

…possibly. Facebook is finally trying to break into the Chinese market, almost a year after their big rival MySpace. And so it should – Facebook has around 2/3 of its users outside the US – it is quite an international Social Network.
The question that I would like some answers (or speculations) to is: how is [...]

Social Media for activists

I read this interesting post yesterday about the use of Social Media by activists. I have talked  about Social Media as a tool for organising protests (remember the “Free Burma” campaign?) before, and this is kinda related.
Activists in countries where free access to the internet is limited use alternative means to get their messages out. [...]