Facebook, Twitter Hinder Revolutions

Turns out Facebook and Twitter might actually be hurting revolutions. A political science grad student at Yale argues in a new essay that Egypt’s former government quickened its downfall by cutting Internet and cell phone service in January. Instead of scrolling through messages and tweets about Lady Gaga, Egyptians met…

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Facebook, Twitter Hinder Revolutions

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