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# Study Circle: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

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**SESSION 1: 7:00 PM, 29th April (Introduction)**
**Zoom Link:** https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78050145942

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> *Could the ability to organize massive protests quickly on Facebook and Twitter be making those protests vulnerable in the long term?*

> *If new technologies are so empowering, why are so many movements failing to curb authoritarianism’s rise?*

> *Is a glut of misinformation more effective censorship than directly forbidding speech?*

>   *Why are so many of today’s movements leaderless?*

This series of study circles will use the text **Twitter and Tear Gas** by Zeynep Tufekci to explore the effects of social media on protests and political organizing. 

The text can be found in PDF form on the author's website: 

https://www.twitterandteargas.org/downloads/twitter-and-tear-gas-by-zeynep-tufekci.pdf

An annotated version of the text can be found here: https://twitterandteargas.aadil.tech