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Chat with an MEP on Facebook: “Wow, it worked”

By ⋅ November 24, 2009 ⋅ 17 comments

“Hey Miss Turunen! Is that really you?” This was one of the questions posted during the first web chat on our Facebook page last week. Well, to answer it somewhat belatedly: yes it was really her, Parliament’s youngest Member. Sitting to my left in her office, logged into our page with her very own personal [...]

The “Facebook paradox” or: Our 10,000 lost Souls

By ⋅ September 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

It happened a fortnight ago during the September plenary. It was a sad day for Europe. It happened during the week that José Manuel Barroso was reconfirmed as Commission President. Facebook was to announce that for the first time they were making profit and that users would soon be able to phone their 300 million Facebook [...]

 

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