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A Facebook post by Alternate Minister of Administrative Reform, Christophoros Vernardakis on his personal page that the leftist SYRIZA-led Greek government was effectively segregating Greek citizens on social media according to their political beliefs, has raised serious questions about the freedom to adopt and express one’s political ideology.

A recent study by Theologos Dergiades, of the International Hellenic University, Costas Milas, and Theodore Panagiotidis, University of Macedonia, shows social media have progressively become a popular open forum for analysing economic/financial topics and a field where the public sentiment is reflected in real time. As noted they are widely used by influential economic commentators, policymakers and their followers.

Περισσότεροι από ένα δισεκατομμύριο άνθρωποι χρησιμοποιούν μηνιαίως την δημοφιλή υπηρεσία κοινωνικής δικτύωσης Facebook, όπως καταδεικνύουν τα οικονομικά αποτελέσματα της εταιρείας για το τελευταίο τρίμηνο του 2013.