Twittered revolution
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The term twittered revolution is used for revolutions information about which was disseminated widely through the micro-blogging service Twitter.
On 7 April 2009, thousands of young protesters stormed the presidency and the parliament building in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, accusing the government of electoral fraud. Information about these events was disseminated widely and on a minute to minute basis through Twitter. To make the information easier to find, the hashtag #pman was used (Piata Marii Adunari Nationale is the name of the central square in Chișinău).[1] According to sources[2][3], Twitter was also used to mobilize for the protests. Whether or not these events turn out as a revolution, however, is unclear at the time of writing (7 April 2007).
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- ^ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/moldovans-turn-to-twitter-to-organize-protests/
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/moldova/5119449/Students-use-Twitter-to-storm-presidency-in-Moldova.html
- ^ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/moldovans-turn-to-twitter-to-organize-protests/