Zuccotti Park Protesters - ‘It’s Happening’ The police ringed the park and set up bright klieg lights, and protesters emerged bewildered out of their tents. Some blew whistles, others urged calm and still others warned each other: “It’s happening.” The police issued their ultimatum through multiple bullhorns: Get out of Zuccotti or get arrested. Social Media Gives Wall Street Protests a Global Reach. The online conversation about the Occupy Wall Street movement turned global over the weekend as protesters provided live Twitter updates, photos and videos from the dozens of demonstrations around the world.
Using cellphones and social media tools, demonstrators shared developments in their cities in real time on Saturday for all the world to see. They captured remarks by the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to protesters in London, and recorded the violence at a rally that attracted tens of thousands in Rome, among other events. Posting links on Twitter and Facebook, they uploaded photos and videos to YouTube and image-sharing sites like Bambuser and Yfrog. Social media drive Occupy Wall Street. Do they also divulge its secrets? Social media, a main engine driving "Occupy Wall Street's" spread, both nationally and globally, are increasingly serving another vital function: helping outsiders who are trying to track and anticipate the leaderless movement’s next steps.
Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition Every day, millions of tweets, posts, and texts swell the global chat around the topic, creating, in essence, a living and evolving database of raw information about the protest movement, its supporters, and its possible goals.