Comments on: Egypt: Facebooking the Struggle http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/ Defending Free Speech Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:46:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mobile Activism in Africa : crisscrossed blog http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-16358 Mobile Activism in Africa : crisscrossed blog Mon, 11 May 2009 12:31:36 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-16358 [...] of what little was left. Unrecognized by media in Egypt and internationally, an Egyptian woman, who did not use to be an activist, decided to set up a Facebook group to solidarize with the striker.... The group grew in a few weeks to more than 70,000 members (Egypt has about around 700,000 Facebook [...] [...] of what little was left. Unrecognized by media in Egypt and internationally, an Egyptian woman, who did not use to be an activist, decided to set up a Facebook group to solidarize with the striker…. The group grew in a few weeks to more than 70,000 members (Egypt has about around 700,000 Facebook [...]

]]> By: “Egipto en la encrucijada … 2008″: La persecución a los bloggers egipcios | Periodismo Ciudadano http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-15984 “Egipto en la encrucijada … 2008″: La persecución a los bloggers egipcios | Periodismo Ciudadano Tue, 05 May 2009 15:37:01 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-15984 [...] de Internet en 2008 fueron hostigados por la policía, a causa de sus actividades en línea, como la huelga general del 6 de abril, Día de San Valentín en Egipto y las caravanas de la solidaridad con [...] [...] de Internet en 2008 fueron hostigados por la policía, a causa de sus actividades en línea, como la huelga general del 6 de abril, Día de San Valentín en Egipto y las caravanas de la solidaridad con [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Advocacy » Egypt: Local Report Documents Violations against 43 Internet Users http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-15688 Global Voices Advocacy » Egypt: Local Report Documents Violations against 43 Internet Users Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:16:19 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-15688 [...] listed a number of events where the Internet has played a major role in organizing such as 6th April general strike, Egypt Valentine Day and solidarity caravans to [...] [...] listed a number of events where the Internet has played a major role in organizing such as 6th April general strike, Egypt Valentine Day and solidarity caravans to [...]

]]> By: Egypt’s bloggers - not all digital democrats | Democracy Digest http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-14790 Egypt’s bloggers - not all digital democrats | Democracy Digest Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:58:36 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-14790 [...] Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to challenge a tradition of political disengagement. The [...] [...] Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to challenge a tradition of political disengagement. The [...]

]]> By: Egypt’s bloggers’ ‘cute-cat’ digital activism | Democracy Digest http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-14626 Egypt’s bloggers’ ‘cute-cat’ digital activism | Democracy Digest Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:23:51 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-14626 [...] Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to challenge a tradition of political disengagement. The [...] [...] Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to challenge a tradition of political disengagement. The [...]

]]> By: Support independent media, ‘cute-cat’ digital activism | Democracy Digest http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-14625 Support independent media, ‘cute-cat’ digital activism | Democracy Digest Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:21:26 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-14625 [...] Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to challenge a tradition of political disengagement. The [...] [...] Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to challenge a tradition of political disengagement. The [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Egypt: Internet Freedom in Egypt http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-14134 Global Voices Online » Egypt: Internet Freedom in Egypt Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:59:16 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-14134 [...] is a great video explaining the role of the egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform Twitter in organizing demos and strikes, such as the April 6 strike [...] [...] is a great video explaining the role of the egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform Twitter in organizing demos and strikes, such as the April 6 strike [...]

]]> By: Internet Freedom in Egypt | [fikra] فكرة http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-14101 Internet Freedom in Egypt | [fikra] فكرة Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:41:31 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-14101 [...] is a great video explaining the role of the egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform Twitter in organizing demos and strikes, such as the April 6 strike [...] [...] is a great video explaining the role of the egyptian blogsphere in exposing human rights abuses and the role of the social-networking website Facebook and the micro-blogging platform Twitter in organizing demos and strikes, such as the April 6 strike [...]

]]> By: Alif http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-9482 Alif Mon, 12 May 2008 17:24:32 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-9482 Quoting AlAhram weekly quoting daily official Al-Gomhuriya: "We should boycott Facebook and Youtube for the enemies of Islam are promoting anti-Islamic [ideas on them]." When all else fails, revert to religious demagogy. Quoting AlAhram weekly quoting daily official Al-Gomhuriya: “We should boycott Facebook and Youtube for the enemies of Islam are promoting anti-Islamic [ideas on them].”

When all else fails, revert to religious demagogy.

]]> By: Is Greater Than » The Facebook General Strike http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/#comment-9425 Is Greater Than » The Facebook General Strike Thu, 08 May 2008 17:38:28 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=291#comment-9425 [...] group, having not heard or read the word “strike” so frequently in their lifetimes (http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/). But I think it is a mistake to assume that the Facebook youth are using the word in the tradition [...] [...] group, having not heard or read the word “strike” so frequently in their lifetimes (http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/30/egypt-facebooking-the-struggle/). But I think it is a mistake to assume that the Facebook youth are using the word in the tradition [...]

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