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Here at OSM we’ve noted over the last year, the growing use of social media campaigning in politic. In President Obama’s State of the Union Address he actually mentioned Facebook and Google and Tim Pawlenty recently launched a presidential exploratory committee using Facebook. Now we have news … [Read more...]
At OSM we have often reported on the growing use of social networking and social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, in politics. Just recently we've told how the Prime Minister's Office in Japan has launched an English-Language Twitter account for quake updates and we also told how Twitter … [Read more...]
Since the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan this week we’ve been bringing you social media news about the situation, such as how Facebook Causes is helping out and also how tweets from Tokyo just after the quake hit, reached a record 1,200 per minute. Now we have news of how … [Read more...]
We’ve all heard of instances where people have said the wrong things on Twitter or Facebook and lived to regret it, but did you know that you could be open to libel charges for things you say on Twitter. Well that’s certainly the case and in Britain the first person to be fined for libel for … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve been following the recent unrest, uprisings and revolutions spreading across the Middle East and Africa and earlier today we told readers about an Al Jazeera Twitter Dashboard that has been set up to keep people up-to-date with events going on in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. … [Read more...]
We’ve been following the recent uprisings across the Middle East and Africa and reported on the Tunisian Twitter revolution, and the unrest in Egypt. Libya, Bahrain and Yemen are also countries where major developments are taking place now and in fact there is so much going on it can be difficult … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve often noted the growing impact of social media on politics and have said that more and more people are engaging with politics because of this. Now we have news of a report that seems to confirm this and looks at how sites such as Facebook and Twitter are leading more young … [Read more...]
It has recently come to light that Apple CEO Steve Jobs attempted to get a knighthood; however it was snubbed after he declined to speak at a Labour party conference. … [Read more...]
Most people will be aware of the recent protests and demonstrations in Egypt which finally lead to President Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak standing down but some of you may not be aware of how much social media played a part in the uprising. Now a filmmaker, who noted what a huge part social media … [Read more...]
The world is a changing place at the moment and social media and its use is playing a very big part in that. Following on from the recent unrest in Tunisia and then also Egypt where the Internet was shut down to try to curb the spread of protests and demonstrations, now the people of Libya have … [Read more...]
If you are a regular reader here at OSM you’ll have noticed that we’ve been closely following the WikiLeaks saga including its founder Julian Assange’s fight against extradition to Sweden and also about WikiLeaks supporters hacking major company websites. … [Read more...]
Recently we’ve been giving you lots of news about the protests in Egypt and our most recent posts after the Internet was blocked there, were about how people were finding ways around the ban and lack of access to social networking sites, and then yesterday we told how the Internet had been at last … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve brought you many articles about the ongoing protests in Egypt and our most recent posts include a story about access to the Internet being bIocked, a request for social media help in reporting the situation and then yesterday a report on how social media companies were finding … [Read more...]
We have recently noted the growing impact of social media upon politics and two weeks ago reported on the fact that Google was protecting its interests by using lobbying in California to oppose a Social Network Privacy act. Now we’ve seen some news that illustrates exactly how seriously Google is … [Read more...]
We’ve been bringing you the news from Egypt about the growing protests and the social media aspects of this, such as first Twitter being blocked and then the whole Internet being blocked where we asked if this was now a human rights issue. … [Read more...]
We’ve been following the news about the protests in Egypt and recently reported how Twitter had been blocked in Egypt. Then just yesterday we told how the Internet had now also been blocked in the country and how President Mubarek was being urged to restore access to it for the people. … [Read more...]
Recently we have been reporting on the growing unrest in Egypt and social media connections to that. Back in November before parliamentary elections we told how some popular Facebook pages opposing the government in Egypt had been removed and then just 2 days ago reported how popular social … [Read more...]
On Tuesday we heard the State of the Union address from President Obama and we had previously given details of a YouTube live appearance by the President, scheduled for today (Thursday). Yesterday we also reported on how President Obama included mentions of Google and Facebook in the speech and … [Read more...]
A few days ago we told how President Obama’s State of the Union address would be streamed live online and also that the President would be appearing on YouTube live on Thursday (tomorrow), to answer questions.We have also noted the growing use of social media in politics and yesterday in the … [Read more...]
At OSM we’ve noted the growing impact of using social media in politics and now we hear of a great opportunity to get your own questions to the man himself, President Barack Obama. … [Read more...]
Recently we told how Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites were used widely in the recent political uprising in Tunisia but a story today also shows a negative side of Facebook involvement with politics. A Palestinian TV journalist is set to go on trial and the charge...insulting a public … [Read more...]
Most people cannot fail to have noticed how the growing use of social media is having more and more impact upon daily life and here at OSM we’ve noted it’s growing use in politics. You’ve probably also heard of the revolution in Tunisia that has led to the president fleeing his country and … [Read more...]
Over recent years Facebook has gained more relevance and also influence over day-to-day life and earlier today we asked whether it was taking over our lives. Well, it seems that the popular social networking site is also increasingly influencing the political sphere as well. … [Read more...]
Two days ago we brought you the shocking news about the Arizona shootings by suspected gunman Jared Lee Loughner in which 6 people were killed and more critically injured, including US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. We also told you about Loughner’s links with MySpace and about the videos … [Read more...]
We’ve been following the WikiLeaks saga for many months and of course covered the most recent round of leaks and the story of its founder Julian Assange’s fight not to be extradited to face questioning in Sweden over sex crime allegations. We also told readers about how organizations such as … [Read more...]
