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Twitter Started the Arab Spring

How social media led by Twitter started the Arab Spring and changed international citizen power

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Debate flares on ‘Twitter revolutions,’ Arab Spring

Khaled Desouki/AFP/File

An Egyptian man holds up a sign praising the social network Facebook in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as he protests for the ouster of Hosni Mubarak on February 1, 2011. Amid fierce debate in academic circles, an upcoming book argues that social media and new technology made a key difference.

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