For anyone who is looking for a little break from Super Tuesday news:
Facebook continues to prove that it is more than just a place to find out what your friend's favorite movies are. The BBC is crediting the social networking site with sparking massive protests in Colombia and around the world. It is estimated that between 500,000 and 2 million people protested in Bogota yesterday. A march which grew out of a Facebook group started by Oscar Morales in Colombia called, "Un Million de Voces Contra las Farc" (a million voices against Farc). The group has over a quarter of a million members.
A Facebook application, with over 4,000 active members, was also developed which provides a forum for users to share photos and print out stickers and posters relating to the cause.
This movement is another great example of how leveraging new tools, like social networking, allows for more people from more places to translate virtual organizing into real-world effects.
(And thanks to Maggie Barker for turning me on to this story.)
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