On Facebook And Twitter, Spreading Revolution In Syria -- Christian Science MonitorSocial networks are playing a central role in fueling protests in Syria, where demonstrations Friday were the largest since anti-Assad activists took to the street last month.
Five years ago, Malath Aumran was a normal young Syrian man with little interest in politics and, like millions of his fellow countrymen, a passive supporter of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
But a brutal act of violence set him on a path of political activism that today has turned him into an exile hiding in Beirut. Now, surrounded by laptop computers and Internet cables, the young, technologically savvy activist is using social networking tools to help build and sustain the popular uprising that has convulsed Syria and shaken the regime in the past three weeks.
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My Comment: What I find incredibly fascinating about the role of social media in politics .... or in this case .... Syria's revolution .... is that the options that government have in stopping it and/or controlling the message are severely limited. Short of shutting down the entire communications grid, there is nothing else that these despotic regimes can do.
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