Sohaib Athar’s followers were following Osama Bin Laden without even knowing it. This Pakistani computer specialist noticed helicopters flying over his city and thought the event was rare enough to be tweeted about. An hour later, he added that since Taliban do not have helicopters and that they were not Pakistani, something was definitely going on. And we all now know that a special operation was taking place in his town.
This story, reported by CNN among others, shows how citizens can really be effective in gathering information and broadcasting news in real time. But it already raises the question of the danger of this broadcasting. Some information should remain unknown until it is time to unveil them. It is the case I think for military or police operations. The traditional media are not always hushing up those stories because they are corrupted, it is also a matter of security.
Once again, it shows that the total freedom of the internet has it good and bad sides. And even if no one really has the power to control everything on the web, the issue of the internet governance should be discussed by all the world political, economical, and “moral” leaders.
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