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Coolcatteacher bookmarked on 2008-10-27 education twitter web2.0 govt_business virtual_communication worldonline www_world wireless_connectivity prediction social_entrepreneurship

Interesting article w/ new term "hacktivists" -- politically motivated hackers. That is a new term.

Twitter is written up in this report as being used by extremist groups of all kinds "socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others...."

Why not just say everyone uses twitter? (Well, everyone DOESN"T use twitter but it can mobilize a lot of people in a pretty short time.)

  • xamines the possible ways terrorists could use mobile and Web technologies such as the Global Positioning System, digital maps, and Twitter mashups to plan and execute terrorist attacks.
  • "Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter,"
  • report details of a recent earthquake in Los Angeles and by activists at the Republican National Convention.
  • "Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences," the report said.
  • hacktivists as politically motivated hackers.

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