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Libya Warns Against Use of Facebook

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-do-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Many Libyan Internet activists have declared their support for the pro-democracy movements and revolutions in the Middle East. After seeing the power of the people succeed in Tunisia and Egypt, they created groups on Facebook to call for political and economic reforms in Libya. Libya's dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has responded by warning against the use of Facebook."

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  1. There are many reasons to beware of Facebook. by Kenja · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But this isn't one of them.

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    1. Re:There are many reasons to beware of Facebook. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The printing press was not good for authoritarians. Neither is online collaboration.

    2. Re:There are many reasons to beware of Facebook. by ElectricTurtle · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think you wildly conflate "support" with "acquiescence". A dictator can maintain power so long as the majority would rather not act against him. They don't have to like, let alone act positively toward, that administration.

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  2. Re:Then Warn Against the Internet! by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People don't want to be free, they want the illusion of freedom while being kept safe, The Internet isn't making people want freedom, it's showing them behind the curtain and the corruption there.

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