Many of the protest signs being displayed on the streets of Cairo in Tahrir Square urge Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak to step down now. There are few that are a different, case in point: an Egyptian protester holding a sign that appears to thank the social media site Facebook.
Unless some extremely clever photoshop was done the Facebook Egypt Protest Sign appears to be legitimate. Further, I don't read or Arabic so I am relying on the Twitter user, Richard Engel, an NBC reporter in Cairo, who originally posted the photo. He says indeed it is a Facebook thank you sign that he shot in Cairo.
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are being credited with acting as vehicle to mobilize protesters in Egypt against the Mubarak regime.
CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 04: Anti-government protestors break paving stones for the defence of Tahrir Square in front of a shop spray painted with the word Facebook on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Anti-government protesters have called today 'The day of departure'. Thousands have again gathered in Tahrir Square calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 04: A shop in Tahrir Square is spray painted with the word Twitter after the government shut off internet access on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Anti-government protesters have called today 'The day of departure'. Thousands have again gathered in Tahrir Square calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 04: A fence is spray painted with the word Facebook in Tahrir Square on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Anti-government protesters have called today 'The day of departure'. Thousands have again gathered in Tahrir Square calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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