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Given its successful use during uprisings in Iran and previously in Moldova, in 2009 a former US security adviser actually vied for Twitter to be nominated for that year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Since then, others have likened it to the “underground railroad<\/a> of activism. We’re a bit ambivalent. Does a 140 character limit compromise our ability to comprehend the complexity of serious issues?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given its successful use during uprisings in Iran and previously in Moldova, in 2009 a former US security adviser actually vied for Twitter to be nominated for that year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Since then, others have likened it to the “underground railroad of activism. We’re a bit ambivalent. Does a 140 character limit compromise our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n