[AFP] Egypt’s crackdown on the net and mobile phones amid protests against President Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said.US President Barack Obama, social networking sites and rights groups around the world all condemned the moves by Egyptian authorities to stop activists using cellphones and cyber technology to organise rallies.To read this AFP report in full, see:
www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/experts-condemn-egypts-web-shutdown/story-e6frgakx-1225997277345
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news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/egypt-shutdown-worst-in-internet-history-experts-20110130-1a99z.htmlEgyptians Find New Routes to the Web [IDG]
“When countries block, we evolve,” an activist with the group We Rebuild wrote in a Twitter message Friday.That’s just what many Egyptians have been doing this week, as groups like We Rebuild scramble to keep the country connected to the outside world, turning to landline telephones, fax machines and even ham radio to keep information flowing in and out of the country.
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Experts condemn Egypt’s web shutdown while Egyptians find new routes online
Egypt’s crackdown on the net and mobile phones amid protests against President Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said.