A fundamental component of democracy is freedom of political discourse. The Arab Spring, a series of revolutionary protests, demonstrations, and civil wars that started in 2010 showed the power of social media platforms and they way they can be used to generate and foment political dialogue and action (Huang). A new generation used social media as a tool to help overthrow repressive and authoritative rulers. Today, social media is more popular than ever in the Arab region. There are almost six million Twitter users spread across the Arab world, with Saudi Arabia comprising almost half of all Twitter users (“ Continue reading...
