Brazil's social media had key role in protests

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Brazil's social media had key role in protests
By Pedro Ozores - Tuesday, March 17, 2015

About a million people took to the streets of dozens of Brazilian cities last Sunday to protest against President Dilma Rousseff and the major corruption scandal uncovered by the Operation Car Wash probe, while many more more chimed in on social media.

Preliminary data from Twitter Brazil says that over 1.7mn tweets with the hashtags #Dilma #protesto #manifestação and #governo were posted between Friday, when pro-government but anti-austerity measures protests took place, and Sunday, when some demonstrators called for the president's impeachment.

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The repercussions on Twitter were likely bigger, as the measurements took in account just those hashtags. During Sunday's protests, the hashtags #tchauDilma ("bye Dilma&quot and #menosodiomaisdemocracia ("less hate, more democracy" – promoted by Rousseff's supporters) reached worldwide trending topic status.

Facebook, meanwhile, did not release any data about user activity during the demonstrations in Brazil, which were organized through social media. Users shared with their contacts on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp information on the time, venue and even the outfit to wear during the protests.

More:
http://www.bnamericas.com/news/technology/brazils-social-media-had-key-role-in-protests

(Gee, the photo shows the same kind of people in the ones shared by OBenario. How is it our own corporate media missed this important point?)

See photos:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110838550#post3

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110838550#post5