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The social media myth about the Arab Spring Haythem Guesmi © Opposition supporters rest near graffiti referring to social networking site Facebook in Tahrir Sq. Opposition supporters rest near graffiti referring to social networking site Facebook in Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 5, 2011 [File: Reuters/Steve Crisp] In the aftermath of the January 6 right-wing insurrection on Capitol Hill in Washington, the role social media played in these events came into the media spotlight in the United States. For years, fringe ideologues had used online platforms undisturbed to promote their extreme ideologies and conspiracies and recruit a large number of sympathisers to their extremist causes.

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