Social media website Twitter enabling Gulf citizens by revolution in communications

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Twitter popularity tests conservative Gulf

AFP – Twitter’s unmatched platform for public opinion is emboldening Gulf Arabs to exchange views on delicate issues in the deeply conservative region, despite strict censorship that controls old media. The authorities have been attempting to limit the damage by handing out jail terms to some tweets.

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