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> Twitter was instrumental in the Arab Spring It absolutely was not, and only twitter-humping westerners would have you thinking that it was. No, a wikipedia a
by ForHackernews 4y ago
> Twitter was instrumental in the Arab Spring
It absolutely was not, and only twitter-humping westerners would have you thinking that it was. No, a wikipedia article is not evidence.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/the-social-media-myth-about-the-arab-spring https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/the-social-medi...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428596-400-was-the-arab-spring-really-a-facebook-revolution/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428596-400-was-the-...
https://phys.org/news/2013-01-social-media-aided-didnt-arab.html https://phys.org/news/2013-01-social-media-aided-didnt-arab....