Infographic: Social Media and Unrest in Egypt
Last Friday, on one of my more depressing days as a journalist, I woke up to emails from readers and fellow journalists in Egypt asking for our prayers. As a technology news site, we’ve focused on the social media and tech aspects of the crisis in Egypt, covering when its governmentblocked certain websites, and then when its government shut down the Internet completely.It has since been restored. When Twitter founder Biz Stone responded with a declaration of Twitter’s stand for freedom of expression,he caught our attention....