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Among those who saw the photo, was Google marketing executive [[Wael Ghonim]]. Ghonim was located in [[Dubai]] at the time of the incident and decided to create a [[Facebook]] memorial page for Said, called "We are all Khaled Said" within five days of his death. The page attracted hundreds of thousands of followers, becoming Egypt's biggest dissident Facebook page.<ref name="NYTFB">{{Cite news|title=Facebook and YouTube Fuel the Egyptian Protests|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/world/middleeast/06face.html|date=5 February 2011|last=Preston|first=Jennifer|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="NATO">{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2011/Social_Medias/Egypt_Facebook/EN/index.htm|title= Egypt and Facebook: Time to Update Its Status|work=Nato Review|publisher=[[NATO]]|year=2011|accessdate=19 March 2011|last=Heaven|first= Will}}</ref> Support for Said rapidly spread,<ref name=ABC/><ref name=NATO/> with many Facebook members using his photograph for their own profiles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/africa/undercover-police-arrested-over-beating-death-of-egyptian-man|title=Undercover Police Arrested Over Beating Death of Egyptian Man|author=Nadia abou el Magd|date=2 July 2010|accessdate=19 March 2011|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211164430/http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/africa/undercover-police-arrested-over-beating-death-of-egyptian-man|archivedate=11 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In mid-June, the Facebook page had already 130,000 members that were active.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/world/middleeast/06face.html|title=Movement Began With Outrage and a Facebook Page That Gave It an Outlet|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> Because of the photo and the heavy amount of international criticism that arose from the incident, the Egyptian government consented to a trial for the two detectives involved in his death.<ref>{{cite news|title=We are all Khaled Said: Redefining political demonstration in Egypt|author=Noha El-Hennawy|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/61266 |newspaper=Almasry Alyoum|date=4 August 2010|accessdate=27 January 2011}}</ref>
 
On January 27, 2011, the administrator of the webpage, [[Wael Ghonim]]m was arrested for 12 days. Egypt also blocked nearly all access to the internet throughout the country.<ref>{{cite web | last=Williams | first=Christopher | title=How Egypt shut down the internet | website=Telegraph.co.uk | date=2011-01-28 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8288163/How-Egypt-shut-down-the-internet.html | ref=harv | access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref> Ghonim wanted to remain anonymous but could not avoid Egyptian security forces. It later became apparent that Wael recruited an Egyptian political activist named [[AbdelRahman Mansour|AbdulRahman Mansour]] to become his co-admin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change|title=Wael Ghonim TED Talk}}</ref> Both administrators received the credit for the creation of the site. Under the anonymous name "el shaheed" ("the martyr"), they were able to post and moderate the Arabic Facebook page. The involvement of Abdul Rahman Mansour in the creation of this page caused great controversy because he was a member of the January 25 coalition as well as the author of an article on the Muslim Brotherhood English website titled, "Mastermind Behind Egypt Uprising"<ref name=WAAKS /> This controversy revealed that Abdul Rahman Mansour previously had involvement with the Muslim brotherhood. In a 2011 interview, Ghonim blamed the regime for the people's anger, saying that blocking access to Facebook made them even angrier and led them to protests in the streets.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/wael-ghonim/|title=Internet activist Wael Ghonim, Part 1 {{!}} Interviews {{!}} Tavis Smiley {{!}} PBS|newspaper=Tavis Smiley {{!}} PBS|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wael-ghonim-and-egypts-new-age-revolution/2/|title=Wael Ghonim and Egypt's New Age Revolution|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref>
 
The administrator's role in running this page, according to Iskander, included a number of important functions, such as being: "the gatekeeper, flag bearer, spokesperson, democrat, motivator, mobilizer, and the source of general inspiration and appeal for the page. In addition to being the liaison between members, the admin is also the link and mediator between the members and the architecture of the page, which in this case is Facebook as an organization. His/her task is to keep everyone energized and inspiringly engaged."<ref>A. Iskander 2011 interview</ref>{{Incomplete short citation|date=June 2016}}
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