Posts Tagged: politics

Users of Sina Weibo that mention things somewhat more controversial than cats or food might find the...

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December 21, 2012
at 4:19 pm

- Asia
- Social Media
- Web

Google Japan Helps Politicians Connect With Public As Elections Approach

The folks over on RocketNews24 point out that Google Japan has an online initiative set up to help c...

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December 3, 2012
at 11:00 pm

- Asia

Indonesian Government Official Reports Triomacan2000.net for Defamation

Since April 1st, 2011, Twitter account @Triomacan2000 has frequently tweeted about a range of topics...

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September 24, 2012
at 7:40 pm

- Asia
- Gaming
- Web

Gamified Politics: Both Jakarta Governor Candidates Now Have Own Online Games

You can always walk one step faster when you are the incumbent candidate in a political campaign. Th...

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September 12, 2012
at 10:37 pm

- Creative
- Social Media

Politicawave Analyzes Social Media Conversations on Indonesian Politics

By Iqbal Farabi

We previously wrote about some services that tried to aggregate and visualize social media discussio...

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July 10, 2012
at 8:10 pm

- Asia
- Business
- Video
- Web

US Congressional Panel Tackles China’s Great Firewall, Seeking a WTO Intervention

The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) held a new hearing in Washington yesterday...

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November 18, 2011
at 10:30 pm

- Creative
- Social Media

Can Twitter Be Used to Predict Seoul’s Next Mayor?

Earlier in the year, we saw how Facebook played a big role in the Singapore elections. We also saw t...

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October 15, 2011
at 10:00 am

- Asia
- Social Media
- Web

10 Insane Cases of Censorship on Sina Weibo in 2012

It has been a doubleplusgood year for Sina Weibo in terms of doubling its registered user count to 4...

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December 24, 2012
at 3:20 pm

- Asia
- Social Media
- Web

The Top 10 Chinese Searches on Baidu in 2012 — Hint: There’s a Lot About Corruption

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) loves lists as much as the next human, so the leading Chinese search engine has ...

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December 20, 2012
at 3:30 pm

- Asia
- Social Media

Twitter Movement #SaveKPK Takes to the Streets for Demonstration Against Corruption

Hundreds of people in the name of the Save KPK movement gathered at Bundaran Hotel Indonesia, Jakart...

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October 8, 2012
at 5:15 pm

- Asia
- Creative
- Mobile

Jakarta Pilkada for Android: How Internet Activism Added Fun to Jakarta Governor’s Election

The final chapter of the Jakarta Governor’s election started this morning as second-round voting b...

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September 20, 2012
at 4:28 pm

- Social Media
- Web

Japanese Prime Minister’s Office to Use Sina Weibo to Reach Out to Chinese Audiences

Reports in Japanese and Chinese media are saying that the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office wil...

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July 25, 2012
at 1:48 pm

- Web

Australian Politician Engages Chinese Votes on Sina Weibo