What's interesting about the events occurring in Egypt is the role that Social Networks are playing in the movement. The protesters had been using Computer Mediated Communication as a way of organizing their movement. In response the government has disconnected the internet as well as blocked text messaging to stop the protesters from organizing.
Now I am no expert on the events occurring, most of the information I have received has actually been through twitter. How you may ask? Because people have been tweeting links to news articles non stop to CNN and Wall Street Journal describing the events occurring.
Tweets from Mohamed El Baradei (Click to Enlarge)
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