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SOCIAL MEDIA IN EGYPT: A MIXED BLESSING

"Two years ago, the international media was churning out endless articles about the impact of social media on the political upheaval in the Middle East," writes Lisa Goldman in Techpresident: "This was particularly the case for the Egyptian uprising, which was dubbed the Facebook Revolution." There is, of course, a flip side to social media use in Egypt, however. Some analysts say that in some cases, social media has actually contributed significantly to political polarisation.