With local media failing to adequately cover the ongoing anti-government protests in Turkey, Twitter has become a vital tool for Turks to share what's happening in Istanbul and around the country.
Twitter playing a role in political demonstrations around the world is far from a new phenomenon — the platform was crucial during the Egyptian revolution of 2011, for example. However, data collected since Friday suggest Turks are using protest-related hashtags to transmit information from the ground to an extent never before witnessed: 10 million tweets have been sent using the most popular hashtags over the last three days, according to data from New York University's Social Media and Political Participation laboratory Read more...
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