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When a Berkeley grad student was jailed in Egypt for taking photos of a demonstration, he Twittered the word "ARRESTED." His Twitter followers (Egyptian bloggers and American friends) called the college, the US Embassy, and the international press, and the police soon released him. Of course theoretically he could have just called someone, but that wouldn't be much of a story. [Mercury News]
Twitter Saves American Arrested In Egypt
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5:33 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Nick Douglas
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Or a placement for twitter's PR people.
It's faster to twitter one word than to make a call and try to explain being arrested in Egypt.
He was actually reporting on the demonstrations -- he's a student at the j-school.
He did actually use his cell phone, but the twittering part is true, too.
Unfortunately, his translator/fixer is still in custody.
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