Major political unrest in Guatemala has led to an unprecedented event: a Twitter user has been arrested for one of his tweets and had his computer confiscated. The arrest comes amid allegations that the Guatemalan president, Álvaro Colom, ordered an assassination.
The Twitterer Jean Anleu Fernández (@jeanfer) tweeted that people should remove their funds from the Banrural bank, leading to his arrest for “inciting financial panic.” The events transpired in Guatemala’s capital, Guatemala City.
Read more from mashable at Guatemalan Twitter User Arrested Amid Assassination Controversy.
For background on how social network sites are creating and reporting on the political crises in Guatemala, see Guatemalan Protests Organized and Covered on Social Sites.
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May 13, 2009
Guatemalan Protests Organized and Covered on Social Sites
Social network sites – blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube – are again being used both to report and to create breaking news, this time in Guatemala.
On May 10, attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg was assassinated in Guatemala City. After he was killed, a video was released on YouTube in which Rosenberg said he feared he would be assassinated, and that if he were, those responsible would be operating at the orders of Guatemalan president Álvaro Colom.
Now, social network sites across the Central American country are calling for Colom's impeachment and trial. Anti-Colom protesters are using the sites to livestream demonstrations and other actions against the government.
As in Mumbai last November, and in Moldova in April, social network sites are central to how fast-breaking, current news is created and delivered.
[via BoingBoing]
On May 10, attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg was assassinated in Guatemala City. After he was killed, a video was released on YouTube in which Rosenberg said he feared he would be assassinated, and that if he were, those responsible would be operating at the orders of Guatemalan president Álvaro Colom.
Now, social network sites across the Central American country are calling for Colom's impeachment and trial. Anti-Colom protesters are using the sites to livestream demonstrations and other actions against the government.
As in Mumbai last November, and in Moldova in April, social network sites are central to how fast-breaking, current news is created and delivered.
[via BoingBoing]
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