What is most interesting about social media’s growth is not how people are connecting to it but what they are producing. It’s not all about entertainment and communication. Much of what is uploaded is a reflection of the state of humanity. Uprising began on Facebook and spiralled into the streets and the video of state-ordered atrocities are being broadcasted from cell phones to the globe.
Whether it is a car crash or revolution it’s being understood because of social media and we are all apart of it. Below are 5 examples of how serious the world has been changed in the past year thanks to the acceptance of social media.
Passive Occupiers Pepper Sprayed By Police In California!
Having started on the streets of New York City the #OccupyWallStreet movement quickly spread to hundreds of cities across the world and demanded people take back the economy that has so easily been jeopardized by big corporations. Some flavours of the demonstration became more out-of-hand than others. In Sacramento these ‘occupiers’ sat in non-violent protest and were pepper sprayed by police at close-range. It is one of the most watched videos to come as a result of the Occupy Movement.
Libyan Rebels Put a Missile Launcher in a Toyota and Blow It Up!
During the summer of 2011 anti-Kadafi rebels began attacks on the government with the support of NATO. This resulted in many grassroots communities being armed and fighting the state-controlled army. This clip shows just how ‘make-shift’ the war became with people attaching anti-aircraft weapons to small trucks and civilian vehicles.
Batmanning Turns into a Faceplant
The meme is nothing new and people will always be displaying video of new trends like Planking or Coneing but the act of hanging upside down from something by the strength of your feet and ankles is known as Batmanning and here is an example of what can happen if you’re not 100% sure you know what you’re doing!
Shocking Video of Man being Dragged Off His Scooter During a Riot!
Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year 2011 was The Protestor and for good reason. In August many cities in England had to deal with the streets being filled with youth at all hours. Many situations became violent and this clip shows just how scary it was to try and live in some areas. The man in this clip was pulled off his scooter and dragged away as thugs stole his transportation. It has been reported that BlackBerry Messenger and Twitter were popular methods of communication used by rioters to organized themselves.
Raw Video of a Car Smashing Through a Bike Shop!
Orwell wrote about big brother always watching our every move. We may not be there at this point in time but there certainly are a lot of cameras in public places these days. This CCTV tape shows just how lucky a couple was when a car crashed through the entrance of the bike shop. As we can see here the people only had a split second to understand the situation. This kind of thing happens all the time and only now are we living in a time to see and understand it better.
No doubt privacy is being invaded much more commonly these days but it is producing an extremely large amount of interesting media.
