Can Social media invoke an uprising in India?

By siliconindia   |   Friday, 12 August 2011, 23:28 IST   |    7 Comments
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In Egypt revolution, social media was both a spark and an accelerant for the movement. These used as tools to transmit their message to the world and galvanize international support and bring down the autocratic governance of Hosni Mubarak.The evolution of internet took its shape in the year 1991, and got commercialized in 1996. With the acceleration of internet came the phenomenon of social networking sites.