Social Media and Organized Crime in Mexico

Social Media andOrganized Crime inMexicoel-oso.net

bala = bulletbalazo = shot#balacera = shootout

#balaceratechttp://m1zar.blogspot.com/2010/03/desde-la-casa-del-vecino.html

http://mentedigital.com

“It is sad to see this type ofsituation so close up. It is sad thatMonterrey has become a mimicry ofsome video war game. Many havecompared it to Call of Duty, othersto Grand Theft Auto, Whichever youchoose, it’s violence.”http://m1zar.blogspot.com/2010/03/desde-la-casa-del-vecino.html

La Compañia C.D.G

Narco-Censorship“¿Qué predomina en los periódicos: lo que sedice o lo que se calla?” - Diego Enrique Osorno

Blog del Narcohttp://blogdelnarco.com

Blog del Narco

Anonymity = Cloak from fear, government regulation"For the scanty details that they put ontelevision, they get grenades thrown at them andtheir reporters kidnapped. We publisheverything. Imagine what they could do to us." - Blog del Narco

This is being produced bysomeone who is not doingit from a journalisticperspective. He is doing itwithout any ethicalconsiderations."Carlos Lauría - Committee to Protect Journalists

Yet Another DivideAcademia vs. Journalism vs. Citizen Journalism

Reachhttp://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/blogdelnarco.com

Leonarda Reyes“for criminals to share information among themselves”

NarcoTube"Canal oﬁcial del Cartel del Golfo"youtube.com/user/lanuevafederacion

“I would describe journalism as the act ofpublishing photos or videos. People have a rightto know why things have become so insecure inrecent years. The violence that is happening inMexico is not because the public reads aboutwhat is happening in BlogdelNarco.com. Thefactors that provoke violence in Mexico aremuch more important, and ultimately they areeconomic.” - Blog del Narcohttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/14/narco.html

NarcoCensura >> Internet Censorship?http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1981607,00.html

Video and Accountabilityhttp://informacioncivica.info/mexico/the-good-bad-and-ugly-of-online-video-in-mexico/

#balacera #saltillo

@Fiscaliacoah

Mainstream media

“Ejecutometro” - @diegoeosorno

• Inform • Seek information • Criticize“#Saltillo y l@s tuiter@s” -@frankstrada

What can be done?

“Queremos ponerlesnombres, rostros. Dejar debanalizar la muerte.”Menos Días Aquí -menosdiasaqui.blogspot.com

Propon.mx

Citivox.com

juarez.heroreports.org

blog.diegovalle.net/

insightcrime.org

druglawreform.info

Thanks!oso@el-oso.nettwitter: @oso

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