First time I heard about Twitter was back in 2008, while I was studying abroad, when a student got unjustly jailed in Egypt. His only way of communicating his situation was by sending an SOS via Twitter.

Here’s a link to a report on the situation back then:

https://techcrunch.com/2008/04/16/twitter-saves-man-from-egyptian-justice/amp/

Thanks for an incredible tool Jack 🙏🏼