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The Domino effect?

Ben Allen | 11:39 UK time, Monday, 14 February 2011

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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on Tue 15 Feb. Listen to the programme.

Over the past few weeks my email inbox has been fit to burst. I'm part of a special ´óÏó´«Ã½ mailing list that started out looking at social media trends in Tunisia during the protests and then spread to encompass all the protests across the Middle East.

Experts from across the ´óÏó´«Ã½ share the latest news, video, images and tweets in order to help gather fresh news and content. It's meant to be an alternative method of news gathering and often feeds into the reports produced by those on the location.


If you spot a grainy Youtube clip on ´óÏó´«Ã½ News chances are it was shared and verified using this mailing list.

Today I've received images of protests and security forces in Iran. Other people have forwarded tweets from Bahrain, Iran and Yemen.

It's clear that the protests are spreading but will anything become of it? On the show tonight we'll try to pull together some of the best content we've received and try to give you a picture of what's been going on in the Middle East today.

Reporters from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Arabic and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Persian TV will give you a flavour of what's being said across the region.



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