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October 27, 2006, 03:29 PM ET
Facebook's Political Conscience
Facebook has done plenty to earn its reputation for frivolity. The site's best-known feature, after all, is a tool that lets students digitally "poke" each other. But the social network is also doing wonders for student activism, reports USA Today. Politically conscious undergraduates and high-schoolers are finding that Facebook can put them in touch with a national network of like-minded students who might never have found local advocacy groups on their own.
Several of Facebook's most popular groups are devoted to altruistic causes, like legalizing same-sex marriage and supporting the search for alternative sources of energy. According to USA Today, though, the most-trafficked advocacy group is pushing a rather less high-minded agenda: "Reduce the Drinking Age to 18!" --Brock Read
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