A social media “resistance” movement is taking shape against the Trump administration, inspired by the new president’s efforts to control information. Some took to Twitter with “alternative” handles -- claiming to be federal employees exercising their free speech rights -- and the resistance mushroomed into a movement. The account is described as “The Unofficial #Resistance team of US National Park Service.”“We don’t want any trouble. Philip Howard, a professor at the Oxford Internet Institute who has studied the role of social media in the Arab Spring uprisings, said he sees some parallels to those events. “Social media resistance was an important part of the Arab Spring, during which protesters successfully used social media to turn roiling dissent into massive street protests.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2017 07:10 UTC