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LastTrainLongGone t1_j61cgru wrote

You could say that modern technologies also enable the other direction. The article mentions The Arab Spring and this was largely coordinated through social media.

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neglectedselenium t1_j63do6k wrote

Yeah, but now social media is flooded with bots and paid idiots or outright blocked

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LastTrainLongGone t1_j63dzlx wrote

True - these efforts deployed against social media shows it must be effective.

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