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Government also sees it. you're exposing yourself to a massive amount of surveillance which i'm sure pertains to other countries as well. >> the internet is a double-edged sword. governments are using the internet to monitor them, to harass them. but government can't completely control the flow of information. they're trying really hard to ban twitter and twitter use has increased exponentially. >> the most powerful government in the world with presumably with the most surveillance, wasn't able to take this guy from taking documents. >> i thought the point was so interesting about the kind of ...

Coming up, twitter turns 8 today and there are few people out there who are not happy about it. >> i noticed not too long ago you got a twitter page. i have known you for a long time, i didn't know that you were into social media. >> i kind of hate it, i think it's awful. i think if jesus comes back and starts telling everyone everything, everybody's just going to be fwiterring -- he'll be like, i am christ. oh, my god, jesus is right in front of me. >> he's not the only one who hates twitter, so does the turkish government. more on that ahead. have to squeeze it to believe it. you can actuall...

Clear at this point. the power of the media also goes both ways. it also allows for governments to spy on people and to get their own message out. like, i don't know, turkey's prime minister who managed to tweet out one final cam pain video to his more than 4 million followers before locking twitter. joining me now is assistant professor at the university of north carolina chapel hill where she specializes in interactions between technology and politics. she's been closely following what's going on in turkey and is enjoying duke's loss. so, the op-ed that you wrote in the "new york times" i th...