Our politicians are reaching out via Facebook and people are now even being fired over the medium as some 940 million around the world log on at least twice a day.

 

As the site becomes more popular than Google, many are using social media’s darling, Facebook, as their main information portal.

There are currently 940 million social media users in the world, according to a new study from InSites Consulting. Of that, 28,280,000 Brits (77% of the online population) use social media websites.

And now the politicians want in on the action

The 2010 UK general election arrived on Facebook today to tap into the mass market of social media. It has launched Democracy UK, a fan page established for UK users to engage with the hot political topics in the build up to the election.

It worked for President Obama so why not for our UK pollies?

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