Copyright CNN.comThe news coming out of Egypt should remind us of what it means to be a citizen of a great democracy. Egyptians are fighting for many of the same rights that our forefathers fought for during the revolution; what makes it so different is the advent of social networks and micro-blogging. Twitter and Facebook help to create a global community where those living in conflict can share their experience in real-time; this fact has become so important that when this ability is removed, citizens revolt. Could you live without your social networks, your micro-blogs, your cellphone?
I could live without all of them, but when my country takes that right from me by completely shutting off all connections, then that make it a problem.
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