Australian Bureaucrats Find A Friend in Facebook. Local government officials in Australia were struggling in their attempts to find youngsters for a well-meaning survey — until it went viral on Facebook. The survey on how to crack down on drunk troublemakers surged from fewer than 1,000 respondents to more than 15,000 after campaigners posted it on the popular social networking site.
“It appears that (Facebook) was a huge catalyst for this age group to respond,” Queensland liquor licensing minister Peter Lawlor told the Brisbane Times newspaper.
“If you’re looking at people like me, that obviously wouldn’t work as effectively, but I think for that age group it is positive. This is the way communications are heading,” he said.
Respondents to the online survey, who were mostly aged under 25, backed government moves to make entertainment precincts safer but overwhelmingly opposed earlier closing times. ( AFP )
An Egyptian woman previews the Facebook web page showing the picture of an alleged Egyptian victim of torture, Khaled Said, in Cairo, on June 14, 2010, who was reportedly brutally tortured to death by the police in the port city of Alexandria. Egypts state prosecutor said on June 23, 2010, that a new autopsy confirmed that an alleged victim of police brutality had in fact died of to asphyxia after swallowing a bag of narcotics
“It appears that (Facebook) was a huge catalyst for this age group to respond,” Queensland liquor licensing minister Peter Lawlor told the Brisbane Times newspaper.
“If you’re looking at people like me, that obviously wouldn’t work as effectively, but I think for that age group it is positive. This is the way communications are heading,” he said.
Respondents to the online survey, who were mostly aged under 25, backed government moves to make entertainment precincts safer but overwhelmingly opposed earlier closing times. ( AFP )
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