People Power Part 2 (February 1, 2011)
In August 2009 I wrote Power to the People. And the trend continues: thanks to the power of social media, global power bases continue to slide from top-down to bottom-up. Any government or organisation that hasn't kept pace with popular sentiment, wants and wishes will find themselves on the wrong end of 140 characters and that's proving a dangerous place to be!
The current uprising in Egypt is further evidence: the threat to Mubarak and government being so great that Internet access and mobile networks has been shutdown for days. Social media power houses Google and Twitter have fought back. Protesters can now call these numbers: +16504194196 , +390662207294, +97316199855 and their voice messages can be found here: http://www.twitter.com/#/speak2tweet. All those naysayers that doubted power is shifting to the people may need to reconsider their views.
