It's us (we the people) against them (government). This article points to some successes by us.We see hierarchical institutions challenged, and soundly beaten, on every side by the new network culture.
Cops are terrified not only that activists are Tweeting their movements at demos, but that — in a world of ubiquitous cell phone cameras — they’ll be on Candid Camera next time they pull a Rodney King. Every time a surly drunken cop assaults a bartender, or cops publicly urinate during a Police Day parade, they wind up on YouTube.
Large organizations of all kinds are learning what the Streisand Effect is all about: when institutions attempt to suppress embarrassing information on the Web, their very attempt to suppress it winds up attracting publicity beyond their worst nightmares.
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