This cartoon, captioned "Its a Facebook world!" likely due to the fact that social networking sites such as Facebook were the main organizational tools as the Egyptian revolution began; protesters organized demonstrations and protests through Facebook and Twitter causing the internet to be shut down in Egypt. Facebook and Twitter playing such an instrumental role in a revolution is a product of the 21st century and set this movement apart.
It is pretty amazing the role social media has played in these revolutions and demonstrations. I think it's mostly a good thing, but I worry about wrong info being instantly and massively disseminated as facts.
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