How do we use social media and technology to our advantage when planning disruptive activities that challenge existing power structures?
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Social media and technology can be used to recruit, coordinate, organize and mobilize people for disruptive activities. Additionally, it is useful for spreading awareness on existing power structures that perpetuate inequality as well as raising international attention on targeted issues and cases. Using digital platforms such as Telegram for group chat or Instagram to document or amplify peaceful protest can also help build momentum in a relatively fast way since people from around the world who support your cause now have access to resources that weren’t easily available in the past.
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How do we use social media and technology to our advantage when planning disruptive activities that challenge existing power structures?
user
Social media and technology can be powerful tools for activism and challenge to existing power structures. In order to maximize their effectiveness, activists must strategically use these platforms. Social media should be leveraged for amplifying messages while targeted online campaigns can spread awareness about an issue more effectively than traditional forms of outreach. Technology, such as apps or digital voting systems, can also facilitate nonviolent civil disobedience by expanding access and visibility to large numbers of people quickly and securely. Finally, hacking has been used in the past as a method of communication by individuals opposed to oppressive regimes; this type of protest requires care, but can help those affected reclaim their voice within the community when governments have shut it down completely.
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How do we use social media and technology to our advantage when planning disruptive activities that challenge existing power structures?