My article talked about the story with Facebook that actually unfolded in Tunisia. Facebook.com, the world's fastest growing social networking site, no longer holds records for their rapid expansion, but now holds the title of saving a country. Tunisia, a country in Africa known for political upheval, constantly faces internet censoring and this censoring forced the people of Tunisia to turn to one of the only social networking sites that was not blocked: Facebook. Facebook, with it's compatibility to uploading photos and videos and its accessibility to up to date information posting, made it the easy place for political activits to converge and share ideas and news. Activists started to notice though that their posts were being deleted and they immediately contacted Facebook about this right on the cusp of the new year. Facebook looked into it and found that the government that was in power was hacking into the internet through the country's service providers and was stealing the login email and password and was using it to get into the accounts and delete the peoples' posts.
Facebook, being an international company and having the rights to intervene when their site is being hacked, decided to go in and set up roadblocks to the hackers. Eventually, safety returned to Facebook, and the Tunisian government faced a wake up call that forced the governemnt to reevaluate thier control over the people.
I thought this article was fascinating because I love Facebook because of its ability to connect so many people around the world. I think that this occurance was a great step for both Facebook and the people of Tunisia.
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