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These are just two examples that the activist gave in order to describe the influence of social networks on the events happening. From blogs of fellow Tunisians, Egyptians have learned tips on how to reduce the effects of tear gas, by wash their faces with a Coca Cola (!?), and how to blur the helmets of the police so that they can be disoriented in time of riots. However, Tarek did not fail to note that not much can be achieved only through the Internet.

"Our revolution might have started as a Facebook event and people can call it an internet revolution, but actually it unwrapping on the streets." He explained that 40% of the population in Egypt is illiterate, and Internet users are even less, obliging the ones who know to disseminate ideas and information to people without access to it. 

After the regime realized that the cyber-revolution is rising, the government shut down Internet access for six days, and mobile phones coverage for four days. During this period, violence and abuse reached their peak and the regime hoped to fully extinguish the growing revolutionary struggle. The total information blackout further exacerbated the world's attention, which forced the controlled return of the network and telephone coverage.