The Perfect Viral Storm
August 14, 2017
August 14, 2017
ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 14 -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following news release:
When 276 young girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by heavily armed members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in April of 2014, a social media and e-petitioning phenomenon began, generated by a Nigerian girl's petition on Change.org. Nicknamed #BringBackOurGirls, it had more than 1.1 million signatories one year later.
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When 276 young girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by heavily armed members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in April of 2014, a social media and e-petitioning phenomenon began, generated by a Nigerian girl's petition on Change.org. Nicknamed #BringBackOurGirls, it had more than 1.1 million signatories one year later.
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