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Social Media Disruptions

By bjmounteer

  • Arab Spring

    Arab Spring
    People across the arab nations rose up against their undemocratic leaders using S.M. beginning in Tunisia in 2010, with the climax being seen in 2013 with the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Initially it was thought that Facebook and Twitter were the main rallying points for young protesters. It's now thought that the main role of social media was to announce and spread the message to the rest of the world.
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  • Gezi Park Protests (Turkey)

    Gezi Park Protests (Turkey)
    Protesters mainly used Twitter and Youtube to show the country what was happening at the Gezi Park Protests. Video and images of police brutality and government intervention at the peaceful protests were common. "Others have tweeted technical advice about how to overcome internet restrictions if websites seem to be blocked."
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  • Ukranian Revolution

    Ukranian Revolution
    Protests in Ukraine turned violent in 2014. According to USCprice 48.6% of protesters found out about protest locations via Facebook, and another 14% found out because of Ukraine's own social media site VKontakte. The slogan ukrainEUkraine became popular thanks to social media and most Ukrainians found the information from social media sites to be more reliable especially when posts were in real time.

  • Brexit

    Brexit
    According to referendumanalysis.eu, "We find that the campaign to leave had routinely outmuscled its rival, with more vocal and active supporters across almost all social media platforms. This has led to the activation of a greater number of Leave supporters at grassroots level and enabled them to fully dominate platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, influencing swathes of undecided voters who simply didn’t know what to think.

  • Anti-Trump Travel Ban

    Anti-Trump Travel Ban
    Millions took to the airports almost immediately to protest Trump's Travel Ban. Twitter and Facebook allowed protesters to quickly organize and show up and key airports across the country to protest the ban. The Twitter campaign #GrandparentsNotTerrorists was one of the more notable tactics used in addition to the ability to quickly organize.