UCLA Grad Student John Scott-Railton Has Become the Twitter Voice of Egypt
Ever since the Egyptian government shut its country’s Internet down in an effort to hinder protests, the world has been clamoring for real time reactions from citizens inside Egypt. Since the Egyptian people can’t tweet at the moment, a UCLA grad student by the name of John Scott-Railton has started doing it for them. 27-year-old Scott-Railton has been traveling to Egypt since 2006, where he has amassed a network of friends–with landlines–who are now providing him quotes and boots on the ground information he can send out over his Twitter feed.
Time has more:
Scott-Railton’s Twitter account lists him as having just over 4,000 followers, but that considerably understates his influence, as his tweets — which he posts at a rate of around 50 a day — are visible to all those who search for information on the protests.
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