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The '''Arab Spring''' ({{lang-ar|الربيع العربي}}) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low [[standard of living]], starting with protests in [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=19 January 2011|title=Peddler's martyrdom launched Tunisia's revolution|work=Reuters|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/01/19/uk-tunisia-protests-bouaziziidUKTRE70I7TV20110119|
The importance of external factors versus internal factors to the protests' spread and success is contested.<ref>Dawn Brancati and Adrian Lucardi. 2019. "Why Democracy Protests Do Not Diffuse." ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'' 63(1):2354-2389.</ref> Social media is one way governments try to inhibit protests. In many countries, governments shut down certain sites or blocked Internet service entirely, especially in the times preceding a major rally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8287737/Egyptprotests-internet-service-disrupted-before-large-rally.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=28 January 2011 |title=Egypt protests: Internet service disrupted before large rally }}</ref> Governments also accused content creators of unrelated crimes or shutting down communication on specific sites or groups, such as Facebook.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Skinner|first=Julia|date=10 December 2011|title=Social Media and Revolution: The Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement as Seen through Three Information Studies Paradigms|url=https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1482&context=sprouts_all|journal=Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)|pages=3}}</ref> In the news, social media has been heralded as the driving force behind the swift spread of revolution throughout the world, as new protests appear in response to success stories shared from those taking place in other countries.
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