It is humble-pie time for social media power skeptics. Azerbaijan has accused a Strasbourg-based Azerbaijani blogger, Elnur Majidli, of attempting to overthrow the government with that modern weapon of mass destruction, Facebook.
Majidli was among the organizers of a few recent rallies, heavily promoted on Facebook and scarred by scuffles with police, that apparently hit Azerbaijani officials as a throwback to demonstrations in the Middle East and North Africa.