Security News > 2017 > July > Book Review: Twitter and Tear Gas, by Zeynep Tufekci (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-14 17:06
There are two opposing models of how the Internet has changed protest movements. The first is that the Internet has made protesters mightier than ever. This comes from the successful revolutions in Tunisia (2010-11), Egypt (2011), and Ukraine (2013). The second is that it has made them more ineffectual. Derided as "slacktivism" or "clicktivism," the ease of action without commitment...
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