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Twitter is a service that allows to share with friends "updates" (up to 140 characters) on what you're doing etc. I am a Twitter skeptic.
But Ethan Zuckerman earlier today told me of Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah , who has been detained many times and who uses Twitter to constantly let people know where he is, as a form of personal protection through publicity -- if he stops twittering, his friends know that something's wrong.
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