Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Morozov on Moldova's Twitter Revolution
Evgeny Morozov, is a "Yahoo Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University." He writes about the effect of the internet on politics. Check out his blog net.effect which is hosted by Foreign Policy magazine.
There was a political uprising in Moldova in April of 2009 [read: Ellen Barry, “Protests in Moldova Explode, With Help of Twitter,” 2009.]
Check out Morozov's analysis of this rebellion: Moldova's Twitter Revolution followed by two updates: #1 "More analysis of Twitter's role in Moldova," & #2 "Moldova's Twitter revolution is NOT a myth."
Evgeny Morozov gave a TED Talk on "How the Net aids dictatorships" in July, 2009.
Labels: Digital Democracy, Moldova, social networks, Twitter
