World e-Democracy Forum

Twitter hacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army'

Popular microblogging site Twitter was briefly shut down overnight, its home page replaced with an image claiming the site had been hacked by the "Iranian Cyber Army."

The website's official blog acknowledged the disruption but gave no details as to how the site had been disrupted and who was responsible. [Read More - AFP]

Why Generations Y and Z will change politics

Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, describes the demographic cohort following Generation X. Its members are often referred to as Millennials or Echo Boomers. As there are no precise dates for when the Millennial generation starts and ends, commentators have used birth dates ranging somewhere from the 1980s to the late 1990s. They are subject of sociological reports.  They have a very different social behavior of their elders? as spoiled children who demand the best salary conditions and the best time to work. This philosophy is very different from that of baby boomers makes it the "Y" unmanageable? And what will happens with the next generation, also known as Generation Z, net-generation, or digital natives.

To understand the question, the prestigious U.S. bank Morgan Stanley did not hesitate to ask one of his trainees, a British teenager of 15 years, to write a report on patterns of media consumption of his generation. Sufficiently eloquent to be published in the "Financial Times". For its part, PricewaterhouseCoopers interviewed young Swedish via Internet and Facebook. A report entitled "e-revolution".

What can we take out? That we may be the most innovative generation with us. And that collaborative and participatory are not just words ...

The Socialist Group in European Parliament website's audience has doubled because of Twitter

"The Alliance & Progressive Socialist Democrats in the European Parliament website's audience has doubled in one year, because of Twitter" said Tony Robinson, head of the Internet Unit for this Parliamentary Group in Strasbourg during the European e-Democracy Award presentation for the 2009.

A distinction awarded by the Politech Institute and IP label for the variety of web 2.0 tools used and of the content of a website whose aim is to increase citizen participation in the European debate.

A presentation on video review:

• Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament
• Politech Institute
  
• IP Label

Twitter Revolution in Iran: a cliché?

Ten days after the disputed results of presidential elections in Iran, the situation is still unclear. Supporters of outgoing President Ahmadinejad and reformist candidate Moussavi are still demonstrating in the streets. Worldwide, a new name was removed from the experts and geeks' circle: Twitter, the social network of micro-blogging, which has allowed us to be informed in real time about events. A sudden burst in media and politics which raises some questions.