Saturday, 30 April 2011 By EMAN EL-SHENAWI Al Arabiya with agencies
Replicating other Arab uprisings, Syria’s civil unrest movement has been vigorously using the social networking site Twitter. But in the clamor for users to tell their up-to-the-minute stories, the actions of some Twitter users have raised questions about developments in Syria, according to a report by Al Arabiya TV.
A clash between the government and the opposition has made Twitter users notice something out of the ordinary.
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Replicating other Arab uprisings, Syria’s civil unrest movement has been vigorously using the social networking site Twitter. But in the clamor for users to tell their up-to-the-minute stories, the actions of some Twitter users have raised questions about developments in Syria, according to a report by Al Arabiya TV.
A clash between the government and the opposition has made Twitter users notice something out of the ordinary.
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An anonymous group has been trying to distort the use of the recurrently used hash tag “Syria.” Twitter users have claimed the unidentified group has been posting a series of false or old news to mislead readers.
In the world of Twitter, the hash tag is an essential part of the tweeting process. It is what connects users, their tweets, and allows them to follow news attached to particular hash tags. More broadly, if news or an event is popular among social media communities, their hash tags on Twitter will also be popular.
The group’s tweets allegedly paint a rosy picture of Syria. Moreover, the group’s posting contain contradictory claims that the situation in Syria is fine and that the country does not have any problems.
The question remains, what do these groups want to achieve by cluttering Twitter with inconsistent news?
Posters were posting their tweets every two minutes but after a group of Twitter activists confronted the underhanded users, a precautionary measure to reduce their posts has restricted their activity to one-intervals.
In an investigative report, Al Arabiya plans to uncover the people behind the false tweets and find out also about their Facebook activities.
(Eman El Shenawi of Al Arabiya can be reached at eman.shenawi@mbc.net
In the world of Twitter, the hash tag is an essential part of the tweeting process. It is what connects users, their tweets, and allows them to follow news attached to particular hash tags. More broadly, if news or an event is popular among social media communities, their hash tags on Twitter will also be popular.
The group’s tweets allegedly paint a rosy picture of Syria. Moreover, the group’s posting contain contradictory claims that the situation in Syria is fine and that the country does not have any problems.
The question remains, what do these groups want to achieve by cluttering Twitter with inconsistent news?
Posters were posting their tweets every two minutes but after a group of Twitter activists confronted the underhanded users, a precautionary measure to reduce their posts has restricted their activity to one-intervals.
In an investigative report, Al Arabiya plans to uncover the people behind the false tweets and find out also about their Facebook activities.
(Eman El Shenawi of Al Arabiya can be reached at eman.shenawi@mbc.net
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