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Wed, 04/16/2008 - 16:08 — Great Western Dragon

A while back, on this very site, a sort of debate flourished about Twitter. Does it matter? Is it useful? I like it. I don't. It's crap. It's great.

And so the discussion continues.

However, a journalism student from UC Berkeley found Twitter to be of real use when he was swept up by Egyptian police while filming a protest. By tapping out one single word on his phone (ARRESTED) he alerted a network of friends and family to his situation.

Mercury News has the story.

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Thu, 04/17/2008 - 08:39 — effinglibrarian

we must now block Twitter

"Thank you for this information. We will now block all access to Twitter as it is only used by infidels, journalists and students," says Egypt.

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