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Saved by 37 people (-23 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-05-20
- Alaskadan2 on 2009-12-20 - Tags talk , hey , whats up , uafssw
- Ava1019 on 2009-12-09 - Tags Twitter
- Batmatt on 2009-12-07 - Tags Barre de signets
- Kellychakmarx on 2009-11-12 - Tags multi-learn-tra
- Acortese on 2009-10-09 - Tags no_tag
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Prominent users
- Many organizations (such as the Los Angeles Fire Department[5]) have embraced the technology and put it to use in situations such as the October 2007 California wildfires.
- Higher education is also using the technology to relay important information to students in a more timely manner. Such is the case with The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering.[6]
- Several U.S. presidential campaigns use Twitter as a publicity mechanism, including those of Ron Paul,[7] John Edwards,[8] Barack Obama,[9] and Hillary Clinton.[10]
- Media outlets such as CNN[11] have also started using Twitter to break news.
- Editor-at-Large of Star magazine, Julia Allison, maintains a Twitter account.[12]
- Most people connected to TWIT, or MacBreak use it. (Usually referred to as the twitter)
- Oscar winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody has a Twitter account and updates it frequently
- Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and Revision3
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Social justice implications
Twitter has been used as a "social justice tool" to connect groups of people in critical situations. On April 10 2008, UC Berkeley graduate journalism student James Buck and his translator, Mohammed Maree were arrested in Egypt for photographing a local anti-government protest. On his way to the police station, Buck used his mobile phone to twitter the message “Arrested” to his 48 followers who contacted the UC Berkeley, the US Embassy and a number of press organizations on his behalf. While being detained Buck was able to send updates about his condition to his followers. As a result of the message and the efforts of his Twitter friends, he was released the next day from the Mahalla jail after the college hired a lawyer for him.[31][32]
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