Egypt: Internet Freedom in Egypt

Tunisian blogger, Sami Ben Gharbia, published a video explaining the role of the Egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform.

Here's the video:

And here's what Ben Gharbia, who is Global Voices Advocacy editor, wrote:

Here is a great video explaining the role of the egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform Twitter in organizing demos and strikes, such as the April 6 strike and the May 4th General Strike.

The video features, among others, blogger and activist Noha Atef, editor of Tortureinegypt.net blog, Gamal Eid, the executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, blogger and journalist Abdel Monem Mahmoud, and Facebook activist, Ahmed Maher.

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