Also, to keep the demonstrators from coordinating with each other. The late and unlamented Tunisian dictatorship was messing with Facebook because the Tunisian

Also, to keep the demonstrators from coordinating with each other. The late and unlamented Tunisian dictatorship was messing with Facebook because the Tunisian demonstrators (at least some of them) were using it. And at least one of the organizing factions behind the Egyptian demonstrations started out the same way, as a Facebook group: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12290167 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12290167