A look at how people in the Middle East are using social media to organize and spread the seeds of revolution.

4. Facebook Stats

6. Spread of Technology

8. Twitter Stats

9. Online News

10. U.S. Political Example

11. Social Media & Crisis

12. Revolution 2.0

15. Protests recorded by mobile phones & posted to Internet

16. Videos & photos shared via Facebook, Twitter

17. Eventually broadcast by Al Jazeera

18. Domino Effect

19. Egyptian Rebellion

21. Supposedly because he had evidence of police corruption

22. Within 5 days, FB page created and shared story with photos and YouTube videos

24. Egyptian Rebellion

26. Egyptian Rebellion

27. Internet Blackout

28. Technology & Revolution

29. #Egypt #Jan25 #Tunisia #Libya

33. 9,500+ videos tagged “Libya” uploaded since start of uprising

35. Social Media & Liberation

36. Nations Facing Unrest

37. http://blogs.aljazeera.net/twitter-dashboard

38. Business & Revolution?

39. Final Thoughts SM is combating the most powerful weapon of oppression: control of misinformation Sure, people protested and brought down governments long before the Internet and social media…but not with the speed, organization, and reach of today

40. Jillian C. York, Project Coordinator for the OpenNet Initiative of the Berkman Center for the Internet and Society at Harvard University. “El Shaheeed”, the “We are all Khaled Said” FB page administrator

41. How Cell Phones, Twitter, Facebook Can Make History

42. Are You Part of The Revolution?

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