Egypt's president shut down the Internet on Friday to try to calm the protests rocking the country.

Have social networks like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube become the weapons of revolution? Egypt’s president shut down the Internet on Friday to try to calm the protests rocking the country. But while the Internet may be an enabler of the demonstrations, it’s not the cause of the discontent.

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Internet Didn’t Cause the Riots: Why Egypt’s Web Shutdown Won’t Work originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:30:00.

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