Twitter Is Blocked In Egypt Amidst Rising Protests

[Joanne98]

Source: Techcrunch

Inspired by the recent Tunisian demonstrations against corruption, protesters are filling the streets of Cairo. And like the protests in Tunisia, the Egyptian ones were partly organized on Facebook and Twitter. And now Twitter appears to be blocked in Egypt, according to various Tweets and tips we’ve received. However, so far only the Twitter website itself is blocked (including the mobile site), but people in Cairo are still using Twitter third-party clients to keep on Tweeting. There are also reports of the entire mobile Web being blocked through mobile carriers, but at least one carrier, Vodafone Egypt, denies that it is blocking Twitter, attributing the problem to overloaded networks instead. (Update: one tipster says Twitter apps are blocked as well and that the only way to Tweet is by using Web proxies).

Facebook is also being used to organize the demonstrations, with groups also popping up around the world to document the uprising and lend its support. For instance, one Facebook Group called We Are All Khaled Said, features up-to-the-minute updates on the protests and photos from the scene. Khaled Said was “a young man brutally tortured and killed by police in Alexandria,” explains Blake Hounshell on the Foreign Policy blog, and his death has become a rallying point for the demonstrations which fall on “Police Day,” a national holiday in Egypt.



Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/twitter-blocked-egypt/

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Now everybody screamed at Iran for doing this. Will they scream now?

[bemildred]

1. I'll bet the Saudis are freaking out. nt

[Violet_Crumble]

6. I suspect the US is joining them in freaking out...

It must be a real worry to see the people protesting against obedient US allies like Mubarek...

[Robbien]

8. The US is being its usual patronizing self. Telling protesters to behave

They can protest but should behave themselves says us.

or the actual words
from here
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ibNFzR3N1cbdSabDawi54qHG9rEg?docId=5755511

"We support the fundamental right of expression and assembly for all people and we urge that all parties exercise restraint and refrain from violence,"

[JCMach1]

2. They still have Blackberry!

I am quite serious. Over the last 2 years, these have quickly become the most popular phones in the Middle-East.

[Matariki]

3. Can't have the peeps actually communicating without an intervening filter.

Ideas might spread.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Twitter Blocked in Egypt As Protests Turn Violent

Source: Yahoo News

As anti-government protesters and police clash in Cairo today, reports indicate that the Egyptian government is making an effort to censor Twitter and other websites.
As with the protests in Tunisia throughout the last month (which at least partially inspired the Egyptian uprising), the protest in Cairo was organized using Facebook.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that more than 90,000 people signed up on a Facebook Page for the protests in the past week, though the turnout appears to be much smaller than that.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20110125/tc_mashable/twitter_blocked_in_egypt_as_protests_turn_violent

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Well folks this is the actual fall of dominoes. Just don't expect Crowley at state to be this open. I mean after decades of saying if we do not go to war they will fall like dominos... it is quite funny in a way that yes... we are into domino mode. Tell me, who is next? Jordan?

I am sure some at State are actually worried that THIS IS the ACTUAL domino going.

[Robbien]

5. WOW There's a huge crowd of protestors out this night in Cairo

from here
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[Sparky 1]

7. Great photo, thanks

[EFerrari]

9. I'm sure the State Dept will protest this free speech infringement at time now.

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