http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEikpvanYzY
This is a very short clip of Mark Zuckerberg (the guy who created Facebook) talking a little bit about our youth on Facebook and then about Facebook in connection with the revolution. Zuckerberg says that it would be arrogant for any social media source to claim that they had a role in a riot like this. I disagree with this. It would not be arrogant if your social media network played a role in a riot and you admitted to it. Maybe he only says this because he is worried that he could be held accountable for something that happened during the Arab Spring since Facebook did play a role (whether it was small or not). Because then he says Facebook wasn't necessary or sufficient for anything to happen. I'm torn with this statement. In a small way, Facebook could have been necessary depending on how many followers it got from its site and the people posting on it. If it weren't for Facebook, how many people would have had the information? This goes along with it being sufficient. Facebook played a role in the Arab Spring so of course there is going to be some sufficiency with it. Again, I think he may be nervous that if he ever admits that the site that he created caused such a riot, he could pay some kind of penalty.
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