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How social media changed protest How social media changed protest
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By Dominic Casciani BBC News home affairs correspondentBy Dominic Casciani BBC News home affairs correspondent
Over the past month, many parts of the UK have witnessed student-led protests against tuition fees and the end of grants in further education.Over the past month, many parts of the UK have witnessed student-led protests against tuition fees and the end of grants in further education.
On television, the scenes have looked like a typical demonstration: people standing around in the cold waving placards while police run around after trouble-makers. But what's beyond doubt is that social media has played an important role in the anti-cuts demonstrations, but is it changing the nature of modern protest?On television, the scenes have looked like a typical demonstration: people standing around in the cold waving placards while police run around after trouble-makers. But what's beyond doubt is that social media has played an important role in the anti-cuts demonstrations, but is it changing the nature of modern protest?


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    • Although these protest might be initiated by students they are too often hi-jacked by the amorphous 'marxist-leninist-anarchist-socialist' cadre which attaches itself to any anti-establishment, anti-governmemt or anti-war protest. These individuals are 'professional protesters', prepared to be violent, unwilling to be reasonable and devalue the arguments of those whom they claim to be supporting. This comment is awaiting moderation. href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/moderation.shtml#appear" target="_blank">Explain.
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    • This from the BBC site sums it up for me "Amazon has survived attempts to bring its site down as the pro-Wikileaks data army gains thousands of recruits". The BBC almost seems on their side. This is serious criminal activity. Most people in the World don't give a damn about Wikileaks. A very small number of people are just using this as an excuse. The Tories wish to create a two tier system. If you listen to the comments from them. They are trying to discourage from University and aspirations no higher than an apprenticeships or cheap short courses to learn the manual skills. As for protesting. It was only mass demonstrations by the TU movement that released imprisoned Dockers who were jailed for trying to defend their jobs.
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    • There is also a risk to freedom of speech & personal liberty. I or an organisation I'm associated with can be targetted for what I (am purported to) say or do without the opportunity to respond or even find out who's behind it. If someone disagrees with me, they can attempt to silence me in this way. A small number of people using the right tools can do a lot of damage. I am a retired worker and never went to Uni. I am a pensioner on a small company pension that I had to contribute to. I have to pay tax on this. I would rather my tax was used for education not for, nuclear weapons MPs expeses or a war that has no support from the public. I think the cuts are politically motivated the proof being that to set up the loan system will cost more that we will save.
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    • The risk is that the new media can be manipulated, but potentially with faster & less predictable results. People you contact in cyberspace can as easily be fictitious as real - and it could be open to the media/polical movements to appear to be something else & attempt to gain their ends (e.g. a piece of headline-grabbing violence) surreptitiously. "How the angry and disillusioned get organised"Wonderful unbiased reporting.
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