Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim boy in Irving Texas US was arrested for his innovation of a clock to a bomb by his teacher. After the arrest the social media sites were outpoured with more than 1 million post in support of Ahmed. Hash tag of #IamwithAhmed was speaking loud the power of social media in 21 century.
A #social media crisis situation was immediately addressed by the president of America Barak Obama twitter account addressing the issue with following words:
“Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It’s what makes America great.”
Similarly, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook posted said, “You’ve probably seen the story about Ahmed, the 14 year old student in Texas who built a clock and was arrested when he took it to school. Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed. Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I’d love to meet you. Keep building.”
