How Twitter saved Kenya’s election Once again, social media has played a central role in a national election. During Kenya’s recent ballot initiative to adopt a new constitution, citizens used Twitter, along with Facebook and a new breed of monitoring technology, to help eliminate the voter intimidation, bombings, and deadly violence that marred the struggling [...]

As Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Gov. Sarah Palin prepare to square off tonight in the first Vice Presidential debate, I need to step back to a moment last week and talk about something Twitter launched for the election – that has the social media world stirring in its belly. For the presidential debate [...]

Twitter banned during election campaign JAPAN’S political candidates’ Twitter accounts have gone silent in the run-up to parliamentary elections on July 11, because of strict laws regulating internet use. Read more on Daily Telegraph