Task Force on Social Networking Software

Can it be?  Twitter, not just for telling the world about your latest spin class (sorry Gabe)?  This is partially funny, but also stunning when you consider the affect social networking is having on the world.

Check out this story about how Twitter helped free a jailed translator in Egypt.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/10/maree.freed/index.html