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- 1Arab Spring Revisited: Digital Hopes and the Reality of Power▼After the Arab Spring – Digital Hopes, Real Power: From Connection to Collective Action
A decade-plus after the Arab Spring uprisings, commentators are reassessing whether the digital connectivity that helped fuel mass protest translated into genuine political change. The argument: social media enabled connection and collective action, but entrenched regimes and real concentrations of power largely outlasted the online mobilization. The piece weighs early optimism about technology-driven democratization against the region's current authoritarian realities.
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Journalists in Tunisia say they again fear imprisonment as press freedoms deteriorate under President Kais Saied's tightening grip on power. Media professionals report growing pressure, prosecutions and intimidation, reversing gains made since the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring. Rights groups warn the crackdown is silencing independent reporting in the birthplace of the region's democratic uprising.