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14/04/2013

Does Social Media make Valid Promises?

Back in the early 90s, when the Internet was still a crawling toddler of a ghost known only to techie geeks, the promise it made was intimidating. It was billed as the weapon of mass information and knowledge that was limbering up to take on the world with a bang. And it happened. But back then, its power was underestimated. Few imagined how generously it will lend voice to the voiceless; few thoughts how frantically it will exasperate oppressive regimes and embarrass the free ones; and bolster social movements of revolutionary consequences world over as a champion for individual freedom of expression. Its meteoritic rise in the last twenty years made it Aladdin’s genie for many and, off-course, an irresponsible Frankenstein for a few.

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