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The Realist Prism: Politics vs. Social Media in the Arab Uprising
By: Nikolas Gvosdev | ColumnThe wave of popular uprisings sweeping throughout the Middle East may give new life to what Evgeny Morozov called the "Google doctrine," as his assertion that new information technologies can just as easily be used in the service of strengthening authoritarian regimes as in toppling them is now being challenged by pundits. But his critics should consider why Egypt's Facebook Revolution of 2008 failed.
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