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Using almost 14 million geolocated tweets and data on protests from 16 countries during the Arab Spring, we show that increased coordination of messages on Twitter using specific hashtags is associated with increased protests the following day.
Along with China, South Korea, which is to be co-host the World Cup soccer competition with Japan next year, has sharply increased protests against the shrine visit and textbooks, suspending military and cultural cooperation with Japan and warning about consequences for the World Cup.
Hundreds more protested last week on the outskirts of Hanoi, where land had been confiscated to build a satellite city.Land-grabbing, corruption, ridiculously high rates of inflation, bank runs, the collapse of state-owned enterprises and the loss of jobs and religious freedoms have recently provided the grounds for increased protests.
Using 13.8 million geolocated tweets and machine-coded data on protests from 16 countries during the Arab Spring, we show that coordination of messages on Twitter is associated with increased protests the following day.
We have used a large dataset that covers thousands of protests in many countries to reveal a relationship between people coordinating on social media and increased protests the following day.
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Newspapers are being confiscated in Sudan and some publishers have decided to suspend production amid increasing protests against the president, Omar al-Bashir.
When the start of bombing led to increasing protests across Pakistan by Islamic militant groups, General Musharraf called for bombings of limited duration, perhaps a week or 10 days.
The financial squeeze on state enterprises has led to increasing protests by angry workers, who have either not been paid or have been laid off without what they think is adequate compensation.
Amid increasing protests, Mr Rasmussen eventually addressed the matter in the new year, when he condemned attempts "to demonise groups of people on the basis of their religion or ethnic background".
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