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16 April 2008

Twitter Leads To Freedom For Journalist In Egypt

Filed under: Blogs, Social Networks, Twitter — kegill @ 1:37 am

A UC Berkeley graduate journalism student was released from jail after sending an “ARRESTED” message to friends. He was photographing a protest in Mahalla, Egypt. The student, James Karl Buck, is studying Egyptian bloggers as his degree project. (tip via Twitter)

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