Just like Tunisia, the mass movement in Egypt utilizes social networking to communicate, exchange information and plan the movement. This is their powerful weapon. The protests and anarchy could no longer first choice rebels to overthrow the rule. Internet became a feared new media.
Despite efforts to block Twitter, Facebook and other sites continue to be the Egyptian government, a social networking pages on Facebook that specializes to design a rally on Friday (28 / 1) yesterday managed to reach hundreds of thousands of followers. The ability of the Internet to gather the masses is not limited.
Naturally, it filled up the page opinion, some of which tend to be excessive. “The ammunition had been fired at any protesters. Protesters who want the fulfillment of human rights have been slaughtered, “writes one Facebook users.
On the other hand, social networking sites help reporters understand the development situation in the area that they could not reach. For example, while foreign journalists had difficulty reporting the situation Suez city, the region with the worst level of violence, managed to rake in profits from the internet media.
The flow of images and videos on Twitter, blogs, Facebook is spreading to guide the development of the Egyptian situation. In a country the size of Egypt, even big media can not access any region, especially when security forces to meet the street.