#open_empowerment
Politics is taking new forms, as digital natives come of age. In Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Central America, netizens have mobilized using Facebook, Twitter and other social media to publicize grievances ranging from endemic corruption and homelessness to insecurity and violence. Political insurgencies and opposition movements are taking to cyberspace. In Mexico
Yo Soy 132 and Blog del narco are the vanguard of online activism fighting against corruption and the cultural dominance of the narco gangs.