This document discusses how social media and web 2.0 technologies helped fuel the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. It notes that online communities in both countries had been using these tools since the mid-2000s to organize around issues like free software and creative commons. Key online activists and groups in each country are named. The document suggests these established online networks and experiences with web-based organizing were important in facilitating real-world protests when unrest began in 2010-2011.