The Internet has had one of the biggest impacts on today's every day society. Most people use the Internet as a way of communication by using sites such as facebook or twitter. All of this communication keeps people informed on several different basis; one of the most recent events in Egypt is a great example on how people kept communicating through the Internet. Citizens all over Egypt used facebook and twitter to get everyone to join together to revolt against Hosni Mubarak. When Mubarak realized that they are using the Internet to go against him he completely shut it down, but with all of the people who had phones could still communicate and consult one another. Also, during the Egypt revolts all of these people kept updating their twitters to keep the whole world informed on the revolt. The Internet was what brought the people together and kept them in communication with one another. Almost everything in this revolt was documented more by facebook and twitter than the actual news media itself.
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