"When the revolution comes, someone's always ready to tell you how Facebook and Twitter are powering history.
The problem is that while they're still standing, governments can snuff out Facebook and Twitter whenever they like. All they need do is flip the 'off' switch on the servers, routers, and wireless equipment used by local service providers.
Just ask Bill Gates.
When US TV anchor Katie Couric asked the Microsoft co-founder and chairman if he was surprised that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak could take the unprecedented step of killing the entire Egyptian internet,
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