Wael Ghonim

7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2021 by Wael Ghonim · across every show →

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Feb 24, 2021
Disclosure
Ghonim: Took operational security precautions to evade Egyptian government surveillance in 2011
“I was an anonymous admin. I was hiding my identity. I did not stay at my mom's place on 25th of January because, you know, I was living in Dubai, so I would stay with my family, but I didn't. I stayed in one of my friend's offices. I changed my phones. I broke…”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 12:52 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021
Assertion Supported
Ghonim: Khaled Said Facebook page reached over 400,000 members before 2011 revolution
“After three days of creating the Facebook page, about a 100,000 people were on it. And the page grew, like to when the time, the revolution kind of started the page had about 405 100,000 members, and at the time, in 2011, that was, like, a huge number”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 4:37 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ghonim: Facebook has released no product concept changing platform dialogue
“Like I did not see any evolving concept that's that came out of Facebook that is changing the nature of dialogue within the platform. It hasn't happened.”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 46:10 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021
Insight
Ghonim: Oppressing or torturing someone does not make a person inherently evil
“The fact that someone oppresses me does not automatically make them oppressor for good. And the fact that one is oppressing me does not make them the evil the evil people. I mean, even if they torture me, that does not make them the evil people.”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 19:38 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Ghonim: Google exerted diplomatic pressure regarding his detention during Egyptian revolution
“Google as the company have done some diplomatic effort to just try and help me out. Not, not to get me out, but just to make sure that I'm okay”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 8:22 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ghonim: Silicon Valley democracy panels included almost no conservatives
“Like I've been in too, too many of these like settings where we get like top, top people from Silicon Valley and we're sitting down to discuss how can we fix democracy? And, you know, make sure that social media does not ruin the democratic scene. And every on…”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 29:18 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Feb 24, 2021 positive
Opinion
Ghonim rejects ACAB, asserting police are necessary for a manageable society
“I don't do ACAB. I was tortured by police, but I don't believe ACAB at all. I believe that all cops are important to have in the society so that we can actually have a manageable society.”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 21:48 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
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