• How Egyptians Used Twitter During the January Crisis
• Jolie O'DellJan 31, 2011
• Even while the service, and in fact, all Internet access, has been intermittently blocked in Egypt during the crisis, news, video clips and images continue to spread around Twitter with the greatest urgency.
• In fact, Google today launched a voice-to-Twitter service specifically to assist Egyptian Twitter users wishing to act as citizen journalists.

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• Massive Egyptian Protests Powered by YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Twitpic [Pics, Video, Updates]

   

  By Neal Ungerleider

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  January 25, 2011
• Egyptian pro-democracy protesters are embracing Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Twitpic.
• Massive street protests in Egypt are spreading virally as tech-savvy demonstrators are using Twitpic, Facebook and YouTube to disseminate videos and photographs.
• Opposition leaders in Egypt declared January 25, 2011 as a “Day of Rage” where protesters would take to the street against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
• However, a massive flood of internet photographs and videos shows a gigantic presence in Cairo, Alexandria, and other Egyptian cities.
• Twitter now confirms that it was blocked in Egypt.
• Cell phone towers were deactivated in several areas according to trusted sources.
• CNN's Ben Wedeman, who maintains an active Twitter presence, reports that cell phone relay towers were deactivated but that Egyptians are still able to access Twitter.

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• Most of the major internet service providers in Egypt are offline following week-long protests
• • Charles Arthur
     
        
  •   The Guardian,  Friday 28 January 2011 02.36 EST

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• On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, the State Security Investigations Service, Amn El Dawla, ordered Twitter to be blocked.

• Obama asks Egypt's Mubarak to step aside, source says
• A senior American official says that the special envoy dispatched to Egypt by President Barak Obama told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the United States sees his presidency at an end and urged him to prepare for an orderly transition to real democracy with elections.

• Obama presses Hosni Mubarak to make 'right decision' and step down
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    Embracing an Egyptian future without Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama pressed the embattled leader to consider his legacy and leave his office in a way that would give his country a true chance for peace and democracy.

• Tech-savvy youths led the way in Egypt protests
• Jim Michaels
• USA Today; 02/07/2011
• CAIRO -- The uprising that threatens to topple Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and transform the Arab world started with tech-savvy young Egyptians who tapped into widespread discontent and spread the word about the protest through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
• They didn't expect the massive uprising that would paralyze the country and draw the world's attention. "We thought police would come to the street and force us to go home," said Assem Farrag, a 24-year-old protester.
• The initial protest was promoted on a Facebook page devoted to the memory of Khaled Said
• Photos of Said's corpse, showing his teeth broken and body badly bruised, circulated on the Internet, drawing widespread outrage.
• A protest was organized for Jan. 25, Police Day in Egypt, which is a national holiday. It was supposed to be an anti-torture protest, but on Jan. 14, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was driven from office by violent protests.
• "They saw a dictator step down," said Rania Al-Malky, editor of Daily News Egypt, an English language newspaper. "Everybody was emboldened."
• planning was largely limited to spreading the word on social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
• The Mubarak regime recognized the role the Internet was playing in stirring resentment of the government and shut down access throughout the country after it became clear they couldn't control the growing crowds

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• Why should we care about #Egypt?
• USA Today; 02/18/2011
• Readers on Twitter responded to our question: "Thoughts on Mideast? Tell us: Why should we care about #Egypt?" People responded using #tellusatoday.

• A peaceful revolution in Iraq would have saved 1 million innocent Iraqi lives. A crime against humanity indeed!

    

  -- @rogeevan

    

  In my opinion America should fix America first ... let #Egypt handle its own issues.

    

  -- @CanYaHearMe

    

  #Egypt is important because what's going on there and other places like #Yemen will affect the entire world in the future.

    

  -- @iHumble

    

  I'm Egyptian American. I still can't get over the fact that Egyptians did a revolution in 18 days peacefully, no leader, proud!

    

  -- @ayakhalil

    

  For centuries, Egypt has been the heart of the Middle East/Arab world. The road to Palestine's freedom runs through Cairo.

    

  -- @Ahmed_Que

    

  Egypt is important because its citizens deserve to be happy and live in a country with positive change and equal rights!

    

  -- @WildOrchids09

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• Tunisian president vows to step down. But when? By: Chick, Kristen, Christian Science Monitor
• 1/13/2011

• Tunisian revolution
• Wikipedia
• The protests were sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi on 17 December 2010
• led to the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 28 days later on 14 January 2011, when he officially resigned after fleeing to Saudi Arabia, ending 23 years in power.^[

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• Mohamed Bouazizi
• Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation
• Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011

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• 2011 Egyptian revolution
• began on 25 January 2011
• demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
• Mubarak formally addressed Egypt amid speculation of a military coup

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