Syria's deputy oil minister, Abdo Hussameldin, has announced his defection on YouTube, becoming the first high ranking civilian official to abandon President Bashar al-Assad since the uprising against his rule erupted a year ago.

Dr. Mohammad al-Mohammd, who appears speaking in the video above, described al-Sayed as one of the best videographers and journalists they had in Bab Amr.

"Rami was killed because he was broadcasting real footage from Bab Amr," al-Mohammad said as he showed the wounds that killed al-Sayed. "Rami was killed because he was recording the truth."

"media portrays Taliban as brutal but British (ISAF) are thousands times more brutal" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OoRboh93YQ&feature;=related

A slogan adopted by bloggers describing United Russia as “the party of swindlers and thieves” has become such a prominent Internet meme that it occasionally appears as a top hit when Googling the party’s name.

"YouTube journalism".

Carvin: "Began hearing from sources of mine in the Syrian community...sceptical of stories...not convinced she existed either". Nobody had met her. His Intentions illuminate the story..."news organisations are struggling to get quality information out of Syria" "Put a lot of people at risk"

The BBC received around eight videos a minute from the streets of Iran during the 2009 uprising. But it was far from a "Twitter revolution", Dolatshahi said.<br />
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"The reality was that people in Iran weren't using Twitter. It was people outside of Iran. We were just the receivers of this information.<br />
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"It was interesting after the election because people were beginning to hear about YouTube and videos. Some would take it from YouTube and share via Bluetooth on their cell phones. I can confidently say that since the election protests, and when TV channels showed YouTube, more people have started using those communication technologies."<br />
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Raymond Li, the head of BBC China, says he circumvents the communist state's censors by publishing news on Twitter-equivalent sites, where regulation is less strict.<br />
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"Foreign media like us have been persistently blocked by China for a long time. Instead people are using proxy software or social media sites to come to us," Li said.

Anyone who doubts the radicalising influence of Youtube should take a look at Taimour’s Facebook profile, retrieved by Aaron. Taimour wallowed in jihadi Youtube videos.

An Afghan villager praises Taleban commander Mullah Dadullah in a song somewher in Afghanistan.

In June, CitizenTube said it would increase its focus on finding and collating videos of news events. Reflecting on this change of emphasis, Kevin Marsh at the BBC College of Journalism, noted, now rather eerily it seems, that Citizen Tube:

Will there be too much non-significant pointless stuff on citizen tube?

Spoof video on plight of Gaza. Flagged up by Israeli Government press office who were forced to apologise.

Every few hours, the IDF are uploading to YouTube a new video meant to demonstrate that their troops acted responsibly — and that the people in the “Free Gaza” flotilla were the hostile ones.

Whatever comes next from Wikileaks, anticipate a smart Internet rollout that will be another case study in the convergence of “new media” and “old media” into what I call “Now Media.” Now Media focuses on the information, not the platform, as content moves with increasing ease across mediums and is both immediately available and persistently available. Approached by Fox News to release “Collateral Murder”, Assange declined opting instead to manage his own online dissemination. The direct to the public model that bypasses the media is made possible by the web. Al Qaeda, for example, no longer requires Al Jazeera as a middle man. As it was, Collateral Murder was instantly available worldwide as it was shown "hundreds of times in television news reports,” repeatedly discussed on the radio, viewed well over six million times on YouTube alone, and continues to be “discovered” by individuals around the world.

But did these new media sources actually provide breaking news stories? Apart from the odd Twitter gaffe, not really. Nor did amateur footage shot on mobile phones change the course of the campaign.

Warning: Graphic photos after the video apparently showing dead bodies

Mobile phone footage from inside subway

The UK needs to learn from the actions of the Israeli military in the Gaza in using YouTube and tweets to engage in 21st-century cyber-warfare, the head of the Royal Air force said yesterday.

Accuses Blackwater and ISI of carrying out attacks on Peshawar and Islamic University bombing to drive wedge between Muslims and the Muhajideen.

Bild exclusive reveals video of F15 destroying tanker.

"Mumbai Blogger" interviewed by BBC during the attacks.

PLEASE RT, Youtube has been unfilterred in Iran, this is a trap to track down those who upload videos., use proxy servers #iranelection

Collection of videos

Video claiming to be of November protest in Tehran

Video claiming to be of November protest in Tehran

Video claiming to be of November protest in Tehran

Video claiming to be of November protest in Tehran

With the addition of online video, the Talibans website now has a complete multimedia package of voice, video and text, marking a trend of increasing sophistication for the Afghan insurgent groups propaganda efforts. Visitors to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan website can now read through Taliban news updates in Arabic, English, Urdu, Pashto and Farsi, peruse official magazines like Al-Somood and listen to Radio Shariat, the Talibans old FM radio station now available to stream online. And dont forget to the arrtical - distributed by the Talibans pirate wing, no doubt.

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