Google And Twitter Team-Up To Enable Syrian Tweets

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In an effort to help Syrians communicate in the wake of their country’s Internet connection going offline across the country on eary Thursday morning, Google and Twitter have teamed up to enable a phone call-to-Tweet program, which allows Syrians with phone access to leave voice mails to specific international numbers, which Google then stores as short audio files and which are posted to the following Twitter account: @Speak2Tweet

Google and Twitter teamed-up back in 2011 to create the app, specifically to address the Internet shutdown in Egypt during that country’s revolution. 

However, this time around, users have noted that the feed has been flooded with many voice messages by what appears to be U.S. speakers not affiliated with the conflict, just taking avantage of Google’s service, or “trolling.” 

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