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Twitter Revolution
Twitter Revolution is a term used to refer to different revolutions and protests, most of which featured the use of the social networking site Twitter, X, formerly and colloquially known as ''Twitter'', by protesters and demonstrators in order to communicate. Events known as Twitter Revolution include: * April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests, claiming that the elections, which saw the governing Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) win a majority of seats, were fraudulent * 2009 Iranian presidential election protests, also known as Green Revolution and Facebook Revolution, following the 2009 Iranian presidential election Twitter was also involved in: * 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution, also known as Jasmine Revolution and Wikileaks Revolution, in which the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ended after 23 years * 2011 Egyptian revolution, in which the regime of Hosni Mubarak was ended after 30 years * Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine, beginning in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 2009 Moldovan Parliamentary Election Protests
Protests against the April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election results began on 6 April 2009 in major cities of Moldova (including Bălți and the capital, Chișinău) before the final official results were announced. The demonstrators claimed that the election, which saw the governing Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) win a majority of seats, were fraudulent, and alternatively demanded a recount, a new election, or resignation of the government. Similar demonstrations took place in other major Moldovan cities, including the country's second largest, Bălți, where over 1,000 people protested. The protests and wave of violence is sometimes described as the "grape revolution" but the term was not used much by outsiders; in Moldova, it is sometimes referred as the Chisinău Uprising (). Some of the protesters discussed and organized themselves using Twitter, hence its moniker used by the media, the Twitter Revolution. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
