Egyptian police targeted protesters via social media
Monday, February 7th, 2011 -- 8:16 am
Egyptian police used the very instrument that sparked the recent anti-government rebellion, social media, to catch its youthful organizers, according to a published report.
Gabrielle, a 25-year-old French-Egyptian property lawyer, told The Daily Mail in a recent interview that activists in communication with each other via the Internet have been "rounded up."
"They have our names from Facebook postings and Twitter," she said. "Some have not been heard of since."
Activists like Gabrielle -- young, well-educated middle-class Egyptians -- were torn between remaining or leaving Egypt during this time of national struggle. Their protests however, both at online and in daylight, opened themselves to increased vulnerability.
In recent days, loyalists to embattled President Hosni Mubarak failed to overtake the demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The Egyptian military has kept the desperate factions there at bay. Elsewhere, it's another story.
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