Bloggers versus Tyranny

Sorry, libs, I'm not talking about Daily Kos, but the real liberals facing down Third World tyrants via cyberspace:

In Egypt, for instance, blogging has evolved within the past year
from a narcissistic parlour sport to a shaper of the political agenda. By simply
posting embarrassing video footage, small-time bloggers have blown open scandals
over such issues as torture and women's harassment on the streets of Cairo. No
comment was needed to air widespread disillusionment with last month's
referendum to approve constitutional changes, after numerous Egyptian websites
broadcast scanned images of a letter from one provincial governor to junior
bureaucrats, ordering them to vote yes. (The government claimed a 27% turnout,
with three-quarters approving; critics claim fewer than 5% voted.)

But here's the reality:

Such pinpricks have yet to puncture the dominance of any Arab
state. But with internet access spreading even to remote and impoverished
villages, and with much of its “user-generated content” pitched in pithy
everyday speech rather than the high classical Arabic of official commentary,
the authorities are beginning to take notice.

We are the new revolution in communication, and here's hoping bloggers will always use this power for good, rather than for scandal and hit jobs against private and public figures, which the Old Media has made a profession of.