Social Media And Civil Rights: The Arab Spring Revolution

The complete revolution and overthrow of government we saw in Libya required citizens to be enraged about issues far greater than merely some trivial government policy. What the world saw in Libya during 2011 was a revolution that grew out of decades and decades of disgust, after living under an oppressive government that took away from the individual’s freedoms and wellbeing. The revolution finally emerged, as the consequence of longtime dictator Mummuarh Gaddhafi, who repressed the people of Libya through the removal of civil liberties, political rights, declined to provide proper education, and retained nearly all oil revenue.

Arab Spring revolution
Social media was used as a tool to spread the cause of government protests all across the

Starting in the mid-1970s, we see the true character of the Colonel come out. He had started to become comfortable with the amount of power and real control he carried. Dealing with such a spread out nation, it had initially been difficult to centralize power and carry out his agenda, but Owens explains, “as the president’s positions strengthened, most regionally based opposition movements, though sometimes threatening to secede in order to obtain more resources, became less and less likely to do so”. This could explain in part why we really began to see greater implementation and immersion by the regime after five plus years in power.

Grievances
Freedom House (the organization dedicated to informing the public and pursing freedom for the oppressed) records terrible ratings for Libya just prior to the 2011 revolution. In 2010, Freedom House rated Libya’s civil liberties and political rights as the worst possible among nations.

Political parties were completely banned. The formation of a political party would likely result in prison time, or

The initial start of the movement began just a little over a month before gaining massive momentum in Libya. Gaddhafi’s regime had held power for over forty years in this country, yet it within a matter of a few short months, it had crumbled.

To understand why the Arab Spring happened in Libya, one must first step back and see what problems warranted a revolution. The complete revolution and overthrow of government we saw here required citizens to be enraged about issues far greater than merely some trivial government policy. What the world saw in Libya during 2011 was a revolution that grew out of decades and decades of disgust from living under an oppressive government that took away from individual freedoms and wellbeing. The revolution emerged as the consequence of repression from the extensive dictatorship of Mummuarh Gaddhafi.

In simplest terms, the reason the Libyan people revolted and ensued with the Arab Spring in their country was due to the longtime dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. For decades he repressed the people of