Social Media and Unrest in #Egypt

SOCIAL MEDIA and Unrest in #Egypt SAMPLE TWEETS TRENDING HASHTAG VOLUME Worldwide @mfouada Fouad A #Cairo #Egypt @mfouada @MoustafaAyad I managed to access #twitter from #Egypt via #HootSuite #Jan25 26 Jan via HootSuite Favorite 17 Retweet 6 Reply 4% 40% @NileRiverMan Nasser Salmoun Mubarak if u can't log to twitter u can use HootSuite website its working for twitter and Facebook and more #25Jan #Jan25 21% #Egypt 25 Jan via HootSuite Favorite 13 Retweet 6 Reply @BarackObama Barack Obama About to speak about the situation in Egypt. Watch live at 6:20pm ET. http://wh.gov/live. 19 hours ago via HootSuite Favorite 13 Retweet 6 Reply @soniaverma 35% Sonia Verma They are ripping up banners to use as bandages. #egypt 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite t7 Retweet 6 Reply Sronl @AIMasryAIYoum_A المصري اليوم اليوم #Jan25 الجيش : نتفهم مطالب http://ow.ly/3NFk6 #Jan25 #Egypt http://ow.ly/3NFK6 The Army: we understand the must rights of protestors .. and we won't use force against the people #Jan25 #Egypt 31 Jan via HootSuite Favorite t3 Retweet 6 Reply EGYPTIAN EGYPTIAN MESSAGE VOLUME via HootSuite User Registration Jan 25: Twitter blocked in the afternoon as demonstrations Jan 29: The outside world helps organize resources for Egyptians to get their messages out via landlines, satellite, ad hoc ISPS and @speak2tweet. gain momentum. Curfews are broken by protesters. Jan 27: Facebook also blocked. Egyptians find alternate access through tools like HootSuite and remote proxy servers. Jan 28: Protests escalate. Egyptian government cuts off access to the 4 main Internet providers. Nevertheless, some messages still get through. hootsuite Data: HootSuite & Ow.ly JAN 16 JAN 25 JAN 27 JAN 28 JAN 29 DEC 2008| APR 2009 AUG 2009 DEC 2009 APR 2010 AUG 2010 DEC 2010 JAN 2011