Live in the video, Falkvinge sent a tweet saying he stepped down as party leader, and he announced that his successor would be Troberg.

During the protests in Bahrain, a similar situation emerged, as government officials blocked access to the Bambuser homepage.

[6] In the Syrian civil war, Bambuser was used to a great extent by citizen journalists in an effort to document and raise awareness of the events taking place inside the country.

[8] During the Gezi protests in Turkey, citizens started broadcasting the police violence and oppression of the AKP regime with the Bambuser app.

Thousands of AP reporters worldwide are equipped with the Bambuser app for capturing and broadcasting live video and photo content.

In addition to sharing the actual content, users were required to disclose some form of contact information which enables AP to verify the authenticity of the broadcast material and properly credit the author.