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Good and bad of social media in a dictatorship like Syria

Good and bad of social media in a dictatorship like Syria
This photo from Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows bodies lying at a morgue in Houla on May 26.
May 29th, 2012
02:24 PM ET

(CNN) - You've heard of CNN, but unless you pay close attention to photo and video credits on news sites, you've probably never heard of the Syrian group SNN.

The Shaam News Network is one of several groups that aggregates photos and videos taken by citizen journalists in Syria and tries to show them to the world.

Most recently, the group came into the news on Friday after it played a role in distributing images from a U.N.-condemned massacre in the village of Houla, which left 108 people dead, including some children who reportedly were axed to death. FULL STORY


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  1. D. Takaki

    This Section addresses the nascent InfoWar environment and uses Syria as the example.
    Part III The Truth War
    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50296798/Part%20III-The%20Truth%20War%20.doc

    It comes from this doc, Plan Bravo
    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50296798/Plan%20Bravo-Public.doc

    SNN in this context, need more back-end from others to push message back into Syria to override the Disinformation War being waged by Damascus

    May 29, 2012 at 4:10 pm | Reply
  2. Anonymous

    I'm missing where the evidence is that they were government backed Militia groups that carried out the attack, perhaps you might want to talk to residents who are loyal to Assad (and were attacked first) before accusing Assad, why would he attack a government hospital and attack doctors that where treating his own soldiers ? It's dangerous to jump to conclusions without first getting all the facts but that's the American way I guess.

    May 29, 2012 at 5:29 pm | Reply
  3. Anonymous

    This is why the younger generation now get it's news from Alternative internet sources like RT because they get both sides of the story.

    May 29, 2012 at 5:38 pm | Reply
    • Andrés

      "alternative internet sources like RT" ha ha so smart....

      May 31, 2012 at 5:53 am | Reply

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