Mfarhanonline Social Media News: There’s still an entire year and seven months until the U.S. presidential election on November 6, 2012, but social media has already played a huge role in the burgeoning race. Before this week, Mitt Romney had already announced his bid on YouTube and Tim Pawlenty had already joined the race through his Facebook page . President Obama also kicked off his reelection campaign with a number of digital initiatives. Below, we’ve picked out some of the top announcements and news from the past week or so to keep you in the know, something we’ll be doing weekly on Mfarhanonline . President Obama Visits Facebook Barack Obama stopped by Facebook HQ for a town hall meeting with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. They asked questions about the economy, funding innovation and the future of technology and fielded questions from the live audience in attendance and over the web. Facebook Lobbying Keeps Growing Facebook has been ramping up its lobbying on tech-related issues, Politico reported . Facebook spent $230,000 in the first quarter of 2011, according to its lobbying disclosure. It’s also brought on lobbyists like Cathie Martin and an outside lobbying firm. “Silent” Speech Goes Viral Rep. Joe Crowley delivered a “speech” on the House floor without saying a single word . The clip started to pick up steam and eventually went viral. It now has more than 250,000 views in a litle more than a week. Lieutenant Governor of California Writes Book on Social Media Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor and former mayor of San Francisco, signed a deal with Penguin Books to write about “the intersection of social media and government,” reported the SFist.com . Newsom originally broke the news on his Twitter account. The book, which remains untitled for now, is slated for a ! 2013 rel ease. Obama Uses Facebook To Help Fund Campaign Obama’s MyBo — a personalized version of the Obama for America site — recently integrated with Facebook to make it easier to target individual communities and spur the grassroots micro-donations that helped him win the presidential election in 2008, reported Internet Revolution . The Facebook integration allows direct interaction between users with the campaign as a way to target communities with micro-segmented appeals and one-click donations from within Facebook. What do you make of social media’s role in modern politics? What U.S.-based social media stories made you take notice? Let us know in the comments below. Image courtesy of iStockphoto , Pgiam More About: 2012 election , barack obama , election , facebook , obama , politics , social media , trending , week in digital politics For more Social Media coverage: Follow Mfarhanonline Social Media on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Social Media channel Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad Social Media reviews series maintain by Mayya
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