Ok unless you been hiding for the last 6 days where the uprising in Egypt has been continuing, news media especially social media are active all over the world, and also inside of Egypt itself.

The government has officially shut down the Internet in Egypt, bringing the information flow from the country to a trickle. However, resourceful Twitter and Facebook users are still managing to get tweets and SMS messages out of the country using clever methods.

Just to answer to your question "Why is there an uprising going on in Egypt?" Well allow me to explain and provide you some in dept info for your noggins. Egyptians are rebelling against the nearly 30-year reign of President Hosni Mubarak and the government corruption associated with his regime. The country’s troubles include a lack of jobs and poor living conditions, and the protesters charge the ruling elite with squandering the country’s resources. So obviously they (people in Egypt) wants Mubarak out.

I have been been closely watching the whole social media aspects of this revolution since it began, and in case you missed our coverage, let me fill you in.

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