News on Egypt's Internet Blockage: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20029862-281.html
Should there be rights on the use of Internet at all times? I think so!
- CNNBig22 #CNN: Egyptian state-run TV says President Mubarak will address the Egyptian people shortly. #Egypt#Mubarak
- NiceBastard RT @amreldib: A friend tells me that Vodafone cell phones are working now. His brother called him from#Egypt #Jan25
- DTNIndonesia DTN Indonesia: Egypt Protests Cause Major Flight Cancelations, Changed Plans: NEW YORK — An increasingly unstab... http://huff.to/fBqFm0
- furrygirl My first and likely only #followfriday... @ioerror, who's been curating a great collection of RTs about Egypt's revolution.
- lewisshepherd One interpretation of emerging US policy in#Jan25 #Egypt events: a deliberate swift compression of 1978-79 policy shift away from Shah.
- thisKat @lynneux I heard that there was a human barricade protecting the museum. #egypt
- dianapop RT @Sannri: /@weddady Thank u all for your kind words,encouragement, but it's really the youth of Egypt&Tunisia who r making history #Jan25 #sidibouzid
- jguynn Egypt orders mobile phone carriers to suspend service: The Egyptian government has ordered all wireless phone c... http://bit.ly/i3r2lb
This is Twitters page during the protests in Iran during 2009. The use of Facebook and Twitter during protests regarding the elections has triggered possible revolutions in the Middle East and other nondemocratic countries.
Great post. Am glad you're following all of this. It's unprecedented unrest in the Arab world in my lifetime, with a dizzying array of potential scenarios that could play out. It's so cool how Facebook and Twitter have played such a role. Also, a bit frightening how easily the Internet can be unplugged by a government...
ReplyDeleteI know its crazy! But i understand why a tyrannical government would want to shutdown popular social networking cites. Clearly they are very effective.
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