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Social Web's true impact felt

We've seen some major world events unfold on the social media stage in the past week, the biggest being Google's threat to pull out of China and the Haiti earthquake.

 

Obama: "I Have Never Used Twitter"

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Barack Obama spoke to a group of Chinese students tonight at a town hall in Shanghai. The meeting was streamed live, worldwide on the Whitehouse website and on the Whitehouse's Facebook page. He was asked a limited number of questions by the audience and one was about Twitter, which has been blocked in China since July.

 

YouTube blocked in China

YouTube blocked in China

China has blocked the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube but did not offer a reason for the ban.

 

China’s Social Network QZone Is Big, But Is It Really The Biggest?

Tencent, China's largest Internet portal mostly known to us for its hugely popular instant messenger product QQ, published an updated report on the user numbers of its social networking service QZone last week.

 

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