{"id":197680,"date":"2025-05-08T17:47:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/egypt\/egypt-tiktok-in-egypt-where-rich-and-poor-meet-and-the-state-watches-everything\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:47:37","slug":"egypt-tiktok-in-egypt-where-rich-and-poor-meet-and-the-state-watches-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/egypt\/egypt-tiktok-in-egypt-where-rich-and-poor-meet-and-the-state-watches-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: TikTok in Egypt &#8211; Where Rich and Poor Meet &#8211; and the State Watches Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"16\">After being released from detention in 2011, Egyptian engineer and activist Wael Ghonim <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/09\/tv\/ghonim-im-ready-to-die\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the media:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"13\">If you want to liberate a society, all you need is the internet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"43\">He&#8217;d been taken into custody for his role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Egypt-Uprising-of-2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revolution<\/a> that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Part of the success of this unprecedented popular uprising was due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ijoc.org\/index.php\/ijoc\/article\/view\/1242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">role of social media<\/a> in mobilising citizens around a common political cause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"52\">In 2025, after a decade under the repressive government of <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/egypts-strongman-president-faces-election-amid-economic-slump-and-popular-anger-over-inaction-on-gaza-216773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdel Fattah el-Sisi<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202505080045.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 North Africa <a title=\"Egypt\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/north-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being released from detention in 2011, Egyptian engineer and activist Wael Ghonim told the media: If you want to liberate a society, all you need is the internet. He&#8217;d been taken into custody for his role in the revolution that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak. 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