Monday, June 3, 2013

Social media is evil! says Turkish leader

 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/its-not-the-turkish-spring--just-twitter-says-prime-minister-erdogan-after-four-days-of-rioting-in-istanbul-and-beyond-8641777.html

"Erdogan also blamed Twitter for spreading unrest: 'There is now a scourge that is called Twitter. The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.'”

Of course, maybe instead the things people are saying on twitter are actual sentiments.  Maybe they are statements of Turkish citizens expressing their views of their government.  And maybe they shouldn't be dismissed by someone who should be listening to the citizens.

1 comment:

Jeff Jacobsen said...

https://twitter.com/techsoc/status/341197863042289664

"that thing called social media is the curse of society today."