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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Could social media have stopped the Rwandan genocide?

Could social media have stopped the Rwandan genocide?: "Could social media have stopped the Rwandan genocide?"

scarred head of a Rwandan man

This was a question British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reflected on recently:

“You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken.”

Chris Williams had his own ideas, regarding Gordon’s thoughts on Rwanda. Thing is, Chris makes one point by missing another all together:

“We’d like to see him try Twittering that to people in Sudan, or Northern Sri Lanka, or Somalia.”

The point he missed is that of communications technology and infrastructure, something Sudan and Sri Lanka and Somalia probably don’t have much of.

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