A student-run facebook page shows an image depicting the Tunisian national flag smeared in red on a computer screen, 11 Jan 2011.
A student-run facebook page shows an image depicting the Tunisian national flag smeared in red on a computer screen, 11 Jan 2011.
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A student-run Facebook page shows an image depicting the Tunisian national flag smeared in red on a computer screen, 11 Jan 2011.
The grassroots demonstrations that ousted Tunisian strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali were fueled by a young, Internet-savvy generation of bloggers. But can this so-called cybernet revolt be a model for the Arab world?
It is being called the Jasmine Revolution; but some call it the Facebook Revolution. Facebook posts, tweets, blog entries and e-mails mobilized weeks of protests across the North African country of Tunisia against the autocratic regime of long-time president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
They culminated in massive, nation-wide demonstrations Friday that drove Ben Ali into exile.
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