You were probably online when most of the majors news and events that happened in this decade got around. Experts claim that today, social media has already become the main source of news and other info for hundreds of millions of people around the world. Facebook alone has more than 900 million users and is expected to hit a Billion user anytime this year (2012). Not counting the other millions of hoaxes, social media giants like Twitter has helped warn people of impending disasters, scams and other helpful information that went viral. Here we take a look at a nice infographic about the power of the internet and the subsequent power the people on the internet has. It’s no surprise that more than 13 million members of the general online community used the internet and other social media platforms to protest SOPA and PIPA, a proposed Internet censorship bill which Tech4idiots also participated in.
