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Social Media in Egypt

A major use of social media in Egypt in recent years has been for political activism and revolutions, and the two most-used websites in Egypt in 2010 were Google and Facebook. Social media sites like Facebook allowed liberal, minority, and religious groups to make communication networks and mobilize protests, as can be seen with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. After the government began restricting Internet use, protesters still used social media to stay connected. Recently, Egyptian police have been using social media, such as Grindr, to find and arrest homosexual men.

Article Selection

1. Main Article: Internet in Egypt; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Egypt
   1. New Section: Social Media in Egypt
   2. This section would discuss the use of social media in Egypt especially in relation to the revolutions in the past years.
2. Main Article: Telecommunications in Fiji; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Fiji
   1. New Section: Self Censorship in Fiji
   2. Because of the change to democracy, journalists have begun censoring themselves.
3. Main Article: Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Department_for_Media_Harmful_to_Young_Persons
   1. New Section: Censorship of Comics in Germany
   2. This section would talk about the early years of the department’s years, focusing on the early comics that were banned.

Article evaluation: Information technology

Evaluating content

Everything included in the article seemed to be relevant and in the correct place. Some more details could be added about how information technology has changed in the past decade with the advent of new computer technologies. The whole article could include more information overall.

Evaluating tone

The article is neutral and seems unbiased. All of the topic in the article are covered similarly and with the same amount of information.

Evaluating sources

The links for sources work, and those sources do support the claims in the article. Most of the information in the article comes with a reliable, unbiased source. There is a statement with a "citation needed" notification in the article. The information comes from academic journals and books published on the subject of computers or information technology.

Talk Page

One long conversation happening in the talk page was about whether to include information about healthcare or health information technology in the lead and article.

The article is C-Class. It is in a few Wiki Projects: computing/ networking/ software/ hardware/ security and technology to name a few.

We have not discussed this topic too much in class yet, but it does align with the information we have so far.