Social Media vs the Dictator - Clay Shirky

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Clay_Shirky_Here_Comes_Everybody

New media theorist Clay Shirky demonstrates how protesters are using flash mobs and communication tools like Twitter to take collective action against oppressive governments. He cites a passive protest that took place in Belarus, which is governed by the rigid Lukashenko regime.

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Clay Shirky discusses his new book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. - Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University

Clay Shirky is a professor of Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University, where he teaches courses on the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology.

He also works as a Internet technologies consultant to clients such as Nokia, the Library of Congress, and BBC. He has had regular columns in Business 2.0 and FEED, and his writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Business Review, and Wired.

Prior to his appointment at NYU, Shirky was a partner at the international investment firm The Accelerator Group.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• iran
• terhan
• election
• fraud
• protests
• egypt
• belarus
• belarusian
• protestors
• dictators
• authoritarian
• oppression
• networks
• minsk
• fora.tv
• foratv
• fora
• tv

[thunderpants10]

It's not often that you get to eat ice cream while fighting the powers of oppression

[1RadicalOne]

Anything that undermines the power of an oppressive government is a good thing.

[ASwiftHippie]

Can someone please tell me wtf a hipster is and why it's a bad thing?

[IMProductsReviewed1]

Hey #UN#,

This was a pretty cool vid.

[internettopmentor]

I love your vid! Good work. Check mine too on my channel.

[Halftrac]

Flash Communist mobs? Flash CNN mobs? Flash MSNBC mobs? Flash Illegal Alien mobs? Flash voter fraud mobs?

[workergirls]

Workers of the world unite against the money grabbing politicians, mafias and gangs !!!

Unite against the greeedy and bloodthirsty corrupt capitalistic system and their Nationalist rats !!! Unite against the poverty, homelessnesses, crimes, wars !!!

We dont have to pay their economic crises !!!

We dont have to feed the money grabbing politicians anymore !!! As long as we unite they can not survive !!! As long as we divide we can not fight for our rights; HUMAN RIGHTS !!!

[maiwandwal]

i KNEW ice cream was more than flab on ur thighs - lol

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

[xXMusicxLuvaxMisaXx]

Agreed, people should stop studying government and whatnot and create ideas.

[dahutt]

I agree, but voilence against innocent people is something i can't endorse.