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Media is an effective tool as we all Know what happened to president Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal back in 1972, Second example of Media victim is the former city manager our gust speaker 2 weeks ago Scott Mitnick’s.

Social Media and Twitter in particular, Saudi Arabia has the highest number of active users in the region of middle east. According to Arab news the recent survey, 55 percent of Twitter users said they strongly support the government’s use of social media for the design and delivery of public services they also agreed that social media facilitates better accessibility to government and public sector officials. s

And here is a caricature in one of Saudi news papers, shows a citizen trying to threat a public manger by #ing him on Twitter if he doesn’t do what he supposed to do as public manager.

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An active user: Posted a picture against former public manager a powerful businessman. Where the picture shows how the business man who has multi-government contracts and he used to moderate many plans of Jeddah City municipal is taking over 3 streets and a public park and add them all to his house for 35 years. Jeddah city hall didn’t move a finger! although, many people have signed hundreds of complains against the him but it didn’t work.

The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs responded right away and ordered from Jeddah municipal to study the case and investigate if the case is real. A group of professional’s in real estate and land use who have been hired to estimate the valuate of the 3 streets and the public park for the past 35 years. Final decision came up is the businessman is guilty and he has to pay a rent for the stolen lands. Breaking the law cost the businessman a big amount which is 226 million S.R. Which is around 60 million $s.

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What principles and values were violated? Honesty, Trust, Respect, Etc. Jeddah Municipal (Justice)

Conflict of interest Taking over

Public interest Getting back the 3 streets and the public park

Public trust Jeddah Municipal & the business man lost the public trust

Teaching the citizen How to get their right back