In the wake of Iran's unsuccessful Green Revolution, the government was able to use the tracks left on social media to identify and hunt down dissidents. Libya

In the wake of Iran's unsuccessful Green Revolution, the government was able to use the tracks left on social media to identify and hunt down dissidents. Libya at present is fractured, but as we see in this article, the same thing is happening on a regional level. While social media makes it possible for people to come together more easily than in the past, it also serves as an omnipresent surveillance tool. Is the age of popular uprisings coming to an end?