Only a few years ago, "Web 2.0" - a term now as quaint as the "information superhighway" -was considered revolutionary. Rather than relying on the lumbering dinosaurs of big media to get news and entertainment, people could film their own videos and voice their opinions directly via Twitter and YouTube. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and the Arab Spring showed that people could use social media to organise, mobilise and democratise. Emerging technologies promised a liberating future.
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机译：仅在几年前，“ Web 2.0”（一个如今已与“信息高速公路”古怪的术语）才被认为具有革命性。人们不必依靠笨拙的大型媒体来获得新闻和娱乐，而是可以直接通过Twitter和YouTube拍摄自己的视频并发表意见。巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）2008年的总统竞选活动和“阿拉伯之春”表明，人们可以利用社交媒体来组织，动员和民主化。新兴技术有望带来解放的未来。
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