For seven years the twitter account, @sweden, has given control over the account to an ordinary citizen each week. This allowed for each person to tweet about anything they please, as a radical experiment practicing free speech. The project comes to a close with 356 curators and over 200,000 tweets since its start in 2011. The curators included an age range of 15 – 81 and were chosen by a committee. Many used the opportunity to tweet about environmental sustainability, linguistics, food or even filmed about their lives as each person became a “mini celebrity”. The rules of occupying @sweden include not violating swedish law, no promoting commercial brands and no one shall present a security threat.\u00a0 Unfortunately, @sweden must come to a close because the creators “want to find the new thing, that will reach more people,” Ms. Rudels explained.<\/p>\n
This article caught my attention in a very modern way as it advertised a social media project in Sweden, regarding free speech, through the use of Twitter. Sweden’s Twitter project proved that although they let go of control, @sweden’s account used communication and openness to interact with the world on a wide spectrum of topics. The tourist group that created this campaign really did Sweden justice by showing how well the people of Sweden communicate including the fact that the country has had an anti-censorship law since 1766. The most influential factor, I found, was the age range of the Twitter project and how well-included all people of Sweden were. Although the topic was on a fairly new social media platform, it included citizens aging from 15-81 and still accomplished a huge flow of interaction and engagement. Another point that caught my attention was that it interested other countries like Finland and Ukraine to try out the same concept on twitter, improving the communication with their people as well. Considering the fact that a lot of repliers are American, I really hope the U.S. would start their own Twitter account in the hope of individuals becoming more open and aware to other people’s beliefs. One thing that does worry me however, is the possibility of angry users or threats from citizens who aren’t as open minded to accepting other personal views. All in all, if people can come together, like in Sweden, to broaden their interests and learn new things, the project should be continued in other countries.<\/p>\n
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