Friday, January 9, 2009

Gaza War's New Front: Facebook

From The Danger Room:

Israel, at first glance, seems to be dominating the information war over Gaza. The Israeli government has launched a campaign to dominate the blogosphere: Pro-Israel hackers are waging cyberwar against Hamas, and the Israeli military has kept the international press off the battlefield.

But as the Financial Times notes, social networking site Facebook has become an important venue in the Arab world for protesting the Israeli campaign, as well as a potent fundraising tool for supporters of the Palestinian cause.

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My Comment: Youtube, Facebook, Twitter .... these are incredibly useful tools to spread information and/or propaganda. Both sides in the Israel Hamas war are using it .... as well as everyone else in the world who have a pet cause to fight over and/or to promote.

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