The Government Could Potentially Take Control Of Twitter

You know how I love a good conspiracy theory, so try this one on for size.

1. Millions of people decide they don’t like the way the US government is handling a major issue–healthcare for example–they start protesting.
2. They use social networks to voice their concerns, Twitter almost buckles under the strain of the conversations.
3. A group of very vocal–and sophisticated–protestors start using Twitter to put together a group of hackers willing to coordinate a DDoS attack on a prominent web site–how about Whitehouse.gov?
4. Before they can unleash their “protest” the President takes control of Twitter and shuts down one of the most important communication channels of our time.
5. Twitter is deemed to be of national importance and so becomes government owned and put pressure on Twitter during the Iran elections.

   Next, we have government backed groups The Safe America Foundation, a national safety group working with the U.S. government, announced yesterday that text messaging, social networking sites, and Twitter could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster.

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