In just a few clicks, anyone in the world can be streaming exactly what they see, with broadcast-quality video. Mobile journalism has reached a tipping point in the United States, with anyone able to capture police actions, political protests and even sporting events with a smartphone. The easiest way to capture and live-stream the events as they happen is to utilize local mobile journalists. Modern broadcast newsrooms need a solution that can keep live video airing without interruption, and that can enable a local stringer or freelancer to be up and running in minutes, not hours or days. This raises a question: When governments and fascists block the means to communicate, how will news organizations be able to tell the world about the events as they unfold? Technology’s skeleton key It’s clear that the controlling head of state doesn’t want these events aired. Since July’s failed coup, thousands of people have been arrested (Opens in a new tab), an estimated 100,000 government employees have been fired, countless journalists have been detained and media organizations have been silenced (Opens in a new tab). As a result, every major news organization that covered the event had the exact same footage on a loop. When Western media attempted to cover the events live, local eyewitnesses had to call in to the news stations to tell their stories, while producers scoured Periscope, Twitter, Facebook Live and other social media sites for recorded video clips. This is similar to the actions taken during the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey (Opens in a new tab), when the president ordered the closure of TV news stations (Opens in a new tab) and the Internet, but today's events have larger implications. Today I awoke to disturbing news about Turkey’s President Erdogan shutting down social media sites (Opens in a new tab) such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube-and even the WhatsApp messaging service. Twitter throttled in Turkey amid attempted coup
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