'I have heard many descriptions for this revolution. Like Facebook Revolution. It was not a Facebook revolution, it started on the ground, when Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to his body, and the people in Sidi Bouzid started to demonstrate and were attacked by police. It cannot be called an internet revolution - hundreds of people lost their lives, people are still injured today. The internet just played the role of the mass media when the journalists couldn't do their work here.''
Read more in Sydney Morning Herald, published 21 Jan
'I have heard many descriptions for this revolution. Like Facebook Revolution. It was not a Facebook revolution, it started on the ground, when Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to his body, and the people in Sidi Bouzid started to demonstrate and were attacked by police. It cannot be called an internet revolution - hundreds of people lost their lives, people are still injured today. The internet just played the role of the mass media when the journalists couldn't do their work here.''
Read more in Sydney Morning Herald, published 21 Jan