I believe major happenings in the field of social networks are of interest to IG. <br>In this case, it's more strong evidence of the use of social networks for political speech. This relates to cyberdemocracy theories and concerns stakeholders involved in regulating free speech online as political speech is deemed in almost all democracies to be the type of speech that calls for the stronger protection.<br>
Just my opinion.<br>Best,<br>Ivar<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>May I ask your opinion on how or why a photo of a couple hugging is anyway remotely related to igov?<br>
<br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On 08-Nov-2012, at 1:26, "Fahd A. Batayneh" <<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" target="_blank">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div>
<span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531</a><br><br>The words "four more years", coupled with a photo of Barack and Michelle Obama embraced in a hug, have become the most retweeted Twitter post ever.<br>
<br>Fahd<br></div>
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