James Buck, an American student studying the new leftists and the blogosphere in Egypt for his Master thesis was arrested when watching riots in Mahalla, Egypt on April 10th. Just after his arrest, he managed to tweet “Arrested” which alerted his friends and followers of the situation.
As a result of the Twitter message, Buck’s college hired a lawyer to get him out of jail with success. If it were not for Twitter, no one would have been aware of his arrest until… Read More: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/twitter-saves-a-student-when-arrested-in-egypt/