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Concerned consumers are realizing that they can use social media to organize themselves around shared values to start effective movements. Social media gives them a sounding board to share ideas, as well as a means to punish irresponsible corporate behaviors.

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Simon Mainwaring
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 1
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