Throughout history, certain governments have gotten control of their nations and wouldn't let go, easily squashing any attempt at a revolt and hiding any news that would put the people's confidence in their government at risk. But with social media and YouTube, that has all changed.
Nowadays, information is readily available to everyone on the internet. For oppressive governments, this is a double edged sword; they can use it to their advantage by skewing stories their way, yet on the flip side people will have access to information they don't want them knowing about.
The recently uprising in Egypt is greatly helped by these recent advancements in technology. These advancements will change how leaders rule; a dictator's worst nightmare is having his people knowing what is going on. They feed off of their people's inability to fully know what is going on around them. So social media sites are making it hard to be a dictator.
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