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b'Social media\\u2014Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others\\u2014are held up as powerful tools for peoples trying to overthrow police states. Iran\\u2019s \\u201cTwitter Revolution\\u201d electrified the world and the Egyptian government shut off Internet access as demonstrations swept that country. However, Evgeny Morozov of Stanford University, one of the leading thinkers about the political impact of new media, explains to SPY Historian, Mark Stout that they are less powerful than we normally think; worse, \\u201cthe KGB wants you to join Facebook.\\u201dSocial media\\u2014Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others\\u2014are held up as powerful tools for peoples trying to overthrow police states. Iran\\u2019s \\u201cTwitter Revolution\\u201d electrified the world and the Egyptian government shut off Internet access as demonstrations swept that country. However, Evgeny Morozov of Stanford University, one of the leading thinkers about the political impact of new media, explains to SPY Historian, Mark Stout that they are less powerful than we normally think; worse, \\u201cthe KGB wants you to join Facebook.\\u201d'