. Journalists (wrote blogs about the revolution and the police state that needed changing)
. June 20120- Khaled sayed, brutually beaten and murdered for exposing pictures of the faults of the government
. A photograph was taken by his brother when he went to identify his body.
. facebook - 5 million users in Egypt
. Islam, brotherhood leaders were against Mubarak
. Jan 25th - holiday in honour of the police
. 20% of egyptians access the internet- not as much as tunisia
. The word spread through mosque, cafes
. Asma mahfouz - against Mubarak , outspoken on facebook about her opinions towards the governement
. people sent texts and posted what was happening on facebook to spread the word
. they tricked the police to be in the wrong place at the wrong time by posting where they will be on facebook.
. 40,000 in tahrir square
. the west relied on Mubarak to join Israel and 'war on terror'
. obama made egyptians angry
. Henry clinton talks about 'internet freedom'
. Jan 28th - organizers met at secret location
. map to how to attack the police was being discussed
. British based vodafone withdrawed themselves,
. 28th Jan - Egyptians were cut off from the internet by Mubarak
. Americans funded the egyptian army. 1.3 billion dollars aid going every year.
. The traditional government was hierachical, pyramid structure
. internet is decentralized, no structure, new threat that government does not know how to control
. became known as 'battle of the camels' - because they brough camels to the roads
. Feb 11th - protestors heard the government was going to make a speech - he also sent text messages to the mass
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