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Mob Rule

Ah, Twitter. That bite-sized break from ennui, that stream of consciousness, that tool of social mobilisation… but mobilisation to what?
Twitter has played an important part in the democratisation of politics – witness the Tweets of solidarity from Iran and the recent downfall of the Carter Ruck’s Trafigura injunction against The Guardian (which was also in no [...]

Posted Under: Blogging, Media
This post was written by Liz Stephens on October 20, 2009 Comments (8)

What The Guardian’s Banned From Telling You

Earlier this evening The Guardian was served with a gagging order forbidding it from reporting parliamentary business. To quote the article in the paper itself:
Today’s published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what [...]

Posted Under: Civil Liberties, Media, News
This post was written by Owen on October 12, 2009 Comments (12)