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The Syrian ambassador to Paris accuses France 24 of disinformation. Beyond her resignation denial, François Picard's panel looks at hoaxes and accusations, big and small, in a country that doesn't allow foreign journalists in.

With almost 700 million users, Facebook would have the world's third largest population if it was a country. Now the social networking site is heading south to find even more “friends”. This week on ‘Tech 24’, hosts Rebecca Bowring and Eric Olander report on the site's growing popularity in Africa and Asia.

Did social network Facebook share some of the responsibility for the Tunisian revolution and the fall of Ben Ali’s regime? Ever since Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act, many of the Tunisian demonstrations were relayed on social networks. In less than one month Tunisia had managed to overthrow the authoritarian regime of Ben Ali, who had been in power for over 23 years. The rapidity was surprising and led many analysts to wonder if social networks had become the essential tool in denouncing autho

The recent dramatic events in Tunisia owe a lot to the social networks, first and foremost Facebook. They helped mobilize the population and spread information about the situation in a country where the press was muzzled. Is is a Facebook Revolution?