Ben Ali Research Paper

For so many years leaders of nation states were able to mostly control the flow of media information to the papers and small media outlets. With the development of technology and the fast rise of global networks the role of media has grown immensely. Political leaders who oppose any type of protest will try and ban media outlets like what we saw in Tunisia and Egypt. In Tunisia President Ben Ali was a tyrant who did any means possible to limit any type of protest. Some of the ways he would make sure his tyranny would continue was by heavily enforcing limitations on social media. Ben Ali would actively try to make sure the outside would knew nothing of the horrible living conditions and the wrongdoing going on in his country. In Egypt their President Honsi Mubarak for almost thirty years ruled his country with corruption …show more content…
The Egyptian revolution consisted of millions of people who gathered in the streets in protest and Mubarak gave the military go ahead to use violence. Hundreds of Egyptian citizens lost their lives and thousands more were wrongful thrown into jail without a trail. Both of these countries were victim of dictators who used their power and resources as president to enslave their countries to their evil actions. Technology played a huge role in both the Tunisia and Egyptian revolutions and really gave the activists a way to get their message out. In Egypt with a population of around 80 million the rapid growth of social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others allowed for their messages to spread quickly. This in the years before the revolution was a problem for the Egyptian people because they were not able