As recent events have shown, the Internet has played a vital role in various social movements across the Middle East. Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are becoming new platforms on which people can express themselves and express their opinions. However, as with all opinions, there are people who disagree with them and want to argue the opposite side or stop them altogether. A corrupt government or other leaders in power may attempt to use censorship to prevent an opinion from being heard. This is the case of a recent situation in Egypt where the Internet was cut for two months. While the Egyptian government believed that cutting off the internet would end protests against its political policies, it only added fuel to the fire, after which the government was overthrown. But what is censorship in a literal and anthropological context? What are the types of internet censorship other than a complete shutdown and how many people actually use the internet in Egypt? Merriam Webster defines censorship as: “Examining to remove or remove anything considered objectionable; also: remove or remove as objectionable “This means that if one considers an object questionable according to one's own social standards, one tries to remove that object by deletion, redaction, or transfiguration. However, this does not explain in what social context the decision was taken. Around the world, different cultures and societies have different definitions of what is “acceptable.” Because anthropology is “the study of human beings…in relation to their physical character, environmental and social relationships, and culture,” observing how people live will provide good insight into what one might consider. .... middle of article... ...the demonstrators took to the streets. Censoring Facebook shows that it holds great cultural capital among the Egyptian people. In general, the government was forced to resort to radical moves rather than critical and gentle censorship. Overall, the protests resulted in the resignation of President Mohammed Hosni Mubarek, but even before the government was overthrown, a 2008 commentary by Wael Nawara, an avid blogger and vice president of Egypt's opposition party El Ghad Speaks true of the situation and what it has become. “I think the time for censorship is over,” he says. "The government is aware of this, but it tries until the last minute to slow down the wheels of change. The forces of technology, the evolution of cultures, the evolution of modes of communication... It is a phenomenon that no government or alliance of governments can block evolution and no one can stop evolution.."