Social networks will change the way we look at world issues claims a new article. The independent journalist Bill Thompson (Bill Board) has just posted a very challenging piece on the BBC technology news site. In a nutshell, Thompson describes a world in which the (so far) unconnected citizens of our planet suddenly discover how to FaceBook or Flickr using mobile phones. Says Thompson: "What happens when the photos on Facebook and Flickr show devastated crops and starving families - and these people are not just faces on the television but old friends, people whose likes and dislikes and reading habits and favourite films we know and share?"
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