Facebook as Communist propaganda

I love the title of this Radar article: “Facebook an Agent of Communist Propaganda?”

It seems someone created a Facebook profile of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao (as a propaganda tool?) following the recent earthquakes there, and dang if the guy doesn’t already have over 16,000 friends supporters and climbing. (I guess when you’re PM of a country of 1.3 billion people, you’re bound to know a few of them.)

Interestingly, “Grandpa Wen’s” profile includes the following applications:

“What kind of Commie are you?” quiz
“I brake for Mao” bumper sticker
A link to his blog: “Made in China… sucker!”
And of course Scrabulous

We also learn that his interests include reading, cross-stiching, and oppressing the masses, and that his favorite TV show is Sex and the City. Who knew?

Facebook, Internet, Social Networking