[governance] Internet blackout in Egypt

[David Goldstein]

Al Jazeera has much more influence on happenings in the Middle East than the 
internet...




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From: parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
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Sent: Fri, 28 January, 2011 7:23:52 PM
Subject: [governance] Internet blackout in Egypt


Today may turn out to be a historic day for Egypt...


Pl read below.

AP: "The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark"

http://bit.ly/gCJFHt  (AP / MSN)

   "The Internet blackout in Egypt shows that a country with strong
    control over its Internet providers apparently can force all of
    them to pull their plugs at once, something that Cowie called
    'almost entirely unprecedented in Internet history.'"
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