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[[File:Switch off internet in case of political dissent.jpg|thumb|250px|Satirical graphic made in reaction to the internet blackout in Egypt]] | [[File:Switch off internet in case of political dissent.jpg|thumb|250px|Satirical graphic made in reaction to the internet blackout in Egypt]] | ||
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On January 25 and 26, 2011, [[Wikipedia:Twitter]] was blocked in [[Egypt]] due to the [[2011 Egyptian protests]] ([[Wikipedia:2011 Egyptian protests|WP]]),<ref name="twitter">[http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/twitter-blocked-egypt/ TechCrunch: Twitter blocked in Egypt]</ref> and [[Facebook]] was later blocked as well.<ref name="WSJ_FB_Egypt">[http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110128-706943.html Wall Street Journal, Egypt Communications Cut Ahead Of Further Protests]</ref> | On January 25 and 26, 2011, [[Wikipedia:Twitter]] was blocked in [[Egypt]] due to the [[2011 Egyptian protests]] ([[Wikipedia:2011 Egyptian protests|WP]]),<ref name="twitter">[http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/twitter-blocked-egypt/ TechCrunch: Twitter blocked in Egypt]</ref> and [[Facebook]] was later blocked as well.<ref name="WSJ_FB_Egypt">[http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110128-706943.html Wall Street Journal, Egypt Communications Cut Ahead Of Further Protests]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 2 February 2011
Too new
(Much of this story is just breaking. News and of course, links to get you to the pros)
On January 25 and 26, 2011, Wikipedia:Twitter was blocked in Egypt due to the 2011 Egyptian protests (WP),[1] and Facebook was later blocked as well.[2]
On January 27, various reports claimed that access to the Internet in the entire country had been shut down.[3] The authorities responsible achieved this by shutting down the country's official Domain Name System, in an attempt to stop mobilisation for anti-government protests.[4] Later reports stated that almost all Wikipedia:BGP announcements out of the country had been withdrawn, almost completely disconnecting the country from the global Internet, with only a single major provider, Wikipedia:Noor Data Networks, remaining up.[5][6][7]
The Hacktivism group Anonymous displayed the altruistic side of direct action for the uninitiated, with techniques used in the 1989 Beijing protests, to update Egyptians behind the information 'Iron Curtain' as Andy Greenberg dubbed it;[8] Egypt's loss of internet access had kept them from news about WikiLeaks-intercepted Egyptian diplomatic cables, but Anonymous ducked under the obstruction with a low-tech solution: Faxes.[8]
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Citations
- ↑ TechCrunch: Twitter blocked in Egypt
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, Egypt Communications Cut Ahead Of Further Protests
- ↑ Egyptian internet goes down Huffington Post
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12306041 Technology] BBC News
- ↑ Christopher Williams. How Egypt shut down the internet. Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ Internet in Egypt offline. bgpmon.net.
- ↑ Cowie, James Egypt Leaves the Internet. Renesys.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Security1871Share13diggsdigg73inShareAmid Digital Blackout, Anonymous Mass-Faxes WikiLeaks Cables To Egypt 28 Jan '11, Andy Greenberg, The Firewall
