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Social networks act as political rallying sites: report

AFP – A Pew Research Center report indicated that online social networks have become political hotspots in the United States. Approximately 39 percent of US adults engaged in political activity in Internet communities during the 2012 US presidential campaign, according to a Pew report titled Civic Engagement. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles