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Arab Spring Revisited: Digital Hopes and the Reality of Power
Original: 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.
Why now: Renewed debate over whether social media actually delivered political change after the Arab Spring.
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