Egypt's Facebook Revolt: Demonstration Arrests - The Daily Beast



On Jan. 26, 2011, sources in Egypt reported that the Internet and text messaging were shut off only hours before the beginning of the large 18-day-long anti-government protest that led to Hosni Mubarak's resignation. The power of the Internet was evident during the organizing stages of the fall of Mubarak. It is also clear that the Internet was used as a facilitating tool and not the causal mechanism for the Egyptian revolution.

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