{"id":2458,"date":"2011-02-07T21:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T04:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2011-02-07T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T04:29:21","slug":"following-the-patriot-act-battle-on-twitter-with-twazzup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2011\/02\/07\/following-the-patriot-act-battle-on-twitter-with-twazzup\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the Patriot Act battle on Twitter with Twazzup"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACTION ALERT: Ask Obama to veto the PATRIOT Act<\/a>, April 5. <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ACTION ALERT: Meet with members of Congress about the PATRIOT Act<\/a>, April 18-May 1
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\"Most<\/a>Twazzup did a custom Twitter backchannel for Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference back in June 2009, and soon after that became the best way to follow the #iranelection<\/a> protests. Later that year they were kind enough to set up getfisaright.twazzup.com<\/a> and at least for me it remains the best way to follow the Patriot Act action on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\"patriot
\n\"#patriotactThe buttons aren’t just refrigerator art, they let you see what words and hashtags are the most common … #p2 and #tcot are arch rivals (the biggest progressive and conservative hashtags) and unusually enough they’re in agreement right now: we are sick of Washington trying to sneak the Patriot Act extension past us rather than having a proper debate.<\/p>\n

The “Most Popular Links” and “Popular Tweets” sections make it easy to see at a glance what’s going on — and you can click to translate foreign tweets into English. There’s also a useful (and pretty!) “community” section.<\/p>\n

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You don’t have to have a Twitter account to use Twazzup. If you want to join in the conversation, though, our If you’re new to Twitter<\/a> page has some suggestions.<\/p>\n

Please join us!
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