A Twitter war that's about an actual war. In real time. Israel launched an offensive this morning on "terror sites and operatives in the Gaza strip, chief among them Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets." Except that's not what the release said: it said, "terror sites and operatives in the #Gaza strip, chief among them #Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets." Because this announcement was made on Twitter. The Israeli Defense Forces has a spokesperson, and that spokesperson has a Twitter feed, and that Twit...
Israel Declares War On Hamas Via Twitter, Hamas Responds Via Twitter, Welcome to 2012
Popular Science - 14 Nov 2012 23:14
A Twitter war that's about an actual war. In real time. Israel launched an offensive this morning on "terror sites and operatives in the Gaza strip, chief among them Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets." Except that's not what the release said: it said, "terror sites and operatives in the #Gaza strip, chief among them #Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets." Because this announcement was made on Twitter. The Israeli Defense Forces has a spokesperson, and that spokesperson has a Twitter feed, and that Twit...
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