Dalai Lama gets positive reaction on Twitter: watch interview with Ann Curry

The Dalai Lama continues to generate positive responses on Twitter while he uses the platform to circumvent the Chinese government and to spread words of compassion. The Dalai Lama sat down with fellow Twitter user, Ann Curry for his first ever morning show interview. Watch the interview below.

Shakira, George Lopez, Ricky Martin and more tweet against Arizona

On Friday the Dalai Lama used Twitter to answer questions from Chinese web users who have been shut out of an open discussion on the internet about Tibet by their government. "I personally have no demands -- my main concerns are the problems with Tibetan culture and the religion and environment of the Tibetan people," he said during the Twitter Q&A.

According to the AFP, “Nearly 12,000 people selected the 250 questions by online voting done on a Google Moderator site, which was blocked in China on Thursday.”

Tweets:

- @tinybuddha, "See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort." ~Dalai Lama

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Shakira, George Lopez, Ricky Martin and more tweet against Arizona

Celebrities like George Lopez, Shakira, and Eva Longoria among many others are tweeting off about the new Arizona immigration laws.

Arizona's harsh new immigration law cracks down hard on illegal immigrants, allowing police to stop and detain any person who looks like an illegal immigrant, and demand that they produce citizen documentation.

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This means suspects (or rather, anyone hispanic-looking) must be ready to prove their identity and immigration status at any time. Law critics believe this new law will lead to racial profiling of hispanic and hispanic-looking people.

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Citing racism as the catalyst for the law, celebrities are encouraging tweeters to stop the hate. On Twitter and Facebook, celebrities like John Cusack, Soulja Boy, Ricky Martin, Bridget Marquardt and many others have posted or tweeted on the subject.

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Celebrity Tweets:

- @georgelopez, "Arizona looking to become the first state with the " White to work" opps .. Good Luck with that AZ "

- @EvaLongoria, "What is happening? i feel like i am in a time warp! An aspect of the anti-Mexican hysteria that is getting lost:... http://bit.ly/9TmDsA

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Photo: Shakira in 2009 (Wiki)