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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

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As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. By now most people acknowledge that social media helped play a role in candidate Obama’s 2008 election campaign. Social Media helps change that. I’ve lived and worked all over the world so I’m not so naïve as to think that social media ensures revolution or even explains it.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

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Consider political campaigns that are judging voter reactions or the political pundits that like to comment on such data. Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. But the applications are limitless.

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21st Century War Propaganda: How Emerging Tech Can Help Temper the Digital War Machine

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As that narrative spread on the Internet with harrowing images coming from the site, thousands of protestors mobilized from Tunisia to Jordan, with Arab leaders canceling a summit with President Biden within hours. As we saw during recent election cycles, AI can be used to target susceptible groups and people via ad campaigns.

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