How Social Media Users Are Helping NATO Fight Gadhafi In Libya -- Globe And MailEvery morning at 7:30 a.m., in the picturesque woodlands of rural Ontario, a retired auto shop manager named Janice Clinch helps her grandson get ready for school and fires up her computer for another day of battle in the Libyan desert.
The 59-year-old has never met anybody from Libya. She has not visited the Arab world; chronic pain makes it hard for her to get around. But from her home near Seeley’s Bay, 40 kilometres northeast of Kingston, she joined a committed cadre of social media users who have become, in effect, volunteer intelligence analysts. On Twitter, Facebook and other services, they discuss satellite images, vessel tracking data and the latest gossip from their sources inside the country.
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More News On How Social Networks And Google Are Being Used In Libya's Civil War
Google points way for Libyan rebel artillery in fight against Gaddafi -- The Australian
Libyan rebels use Google Earth to target enemy -- British Forces News
Libyan rebels harnessing Twitter and Google Earth for insurgency -- The Drum
Libyan opposition turn to Google Earth, Call of Duty in battle against Gaddafi forces -- News.com.au
Google Earth, an iPhone compass and experience playing 'Call of Duty' have been vital to Libya's rebel war plan -- The Australian
Nato, Twitter And Air Strikes In Libya -- The Guardian
Nato using Twitter for airstrikes on Libya -- CBR Online
Anti-Gaddafi forces add Twitter to armoury -- Financial Times
Twitter Now a Part of the Intelligence Community's Toolbox: NATO -- TMCNet
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