Social Media Disruptions

Earth Hour

Mar 31, 2006

Starting in 2007, Earth Hour raises awareness of climate change on all major social media sites to encourage people to turn out non essential lights for one hour

2011 Egyptian Revolution

Jan 25, 2011

Sites like Facebook and Twitter played a critical role in organizing protests and raising awareness.

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

2014

A fundraiser campaign popular on Facebook and YouTube in which people dumped ice cold water on themselves to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

#BringBackOurGirls

Apr 23, 2014

Twitter and Instagram campaign in Nigeria demanding action against the Boko Haram

2016 Election

Nov 8, 2016

Trumps use of Twitter and bots on Facebook greatly impacted the outcome of the 2016 presidential election