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10 Major Events Affected by Social Media
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011, 01:22 IST
6. Revolt in Egypt
Before Egypt shut off the Internet and mobile phones, before it even started blocking Twitter and Facebook, those tools were used to coordinate and spread the word about the demonstrations that were scheduled for January 25.
This revolution started on Facebook. In June 2010 when hundreds of thousands of Egyptians started collaborating content. We would post a video on Facebook that would be shared by 60,000 people on their walls within a few hours.
