The year of 2012 was considered to be the first war waged through social media networks for the Arabs.
The Gaza war gave way to a glance at how Twitter has become the battle grounds of the region's first "hashtag war." #PillarOfDefense (hashtag used by Israeli Army) against #GazaUnderSiege (hashtag used by Islamic Jihad expressing worries of the resistance in Gaza).
Tension rose quickly both politically and militarily. This "Twitter War" tracked military progress step by step.
My point: Social media is always hit hard and blamed for "provoking" problems. For example YouTube took a powerful blow to their credibility when a video "The Innocence of Muslims" was uploaded and viewed by the public. Some claimed YouTube was violating its own conditions for content exhibiting bigotry, incitement, and for being offensive and derogatory. "Google (owns YouTube) has fallen prey to the paradox of freedom with the Anti-Islam Movie"
What do you think about freedom of information online?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2012/11/media-war-in-gaza-conflict.html
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