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Social Networking Fuels Arab Spring:
Protesters using social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter accelerated revolution in the Arab world by rallying citizens and coordinating anti-government protests. The governments of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya were overthrown in 2011, and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was killed. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak shut down the Internet in an unsuccessful bid to suppress communication and media coverage. He later resigned. |