Egypt has unplugged entirely from the internet

[Nathan]

EGYPT has apparently done what many technologists thought was unthinkable for any country with a major internet economy: It unplugged itself entirely.

Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule, experts said.

So, could it happen elsewhere?

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So who's next??

Australia looks like it's heading down the same direction with the government trying to censor websites, but then once they are "allowed" what then stops them....

 

[SmokinJoe24]

This situation is a little different then censorship. It is a country that is trying to keep the population from overturning the government.

So thy are exerting their control over the people. This is probably a worse move then letting them use the Internet to gather and protest. Now the protesters are going to be mad.

This will get much worse before it is over.

Of course it is not my country but I see more bloodshed to come.

 

[exsedo]

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So who's next??

Australia looks like it's heading down the same direction with the government trying to censor websites, but then once they are "allowed" what then stops them....

The poor are getting poorer and the Rich (which includes a cabinet full of multi-millionaires) are getting richer.
Add to this about a million illegals they can't trace and immigration still thriving, huge job losses, increased taxes, The North / South divide getting bigger, the Government still giving billions of pounds (of taxpayers money) to corrupt 3rd world Governments, decimation of our defences, proposed decimation of the National Health Service, and Multi-millionaire PM Cameron preaching to us that we all have to suffer for years to come.

I guess it will be the UK next. 8-X

 

[lothos]

This situation is a little different then censorship. It is a country that is trying to keep the population from overturning the government.

So thy are exerting their control over the people. This is probably a worse move then letting them use the Internet to gather and protest. Now the protesters are going to be mad.

This will get much worse before it is over.

Of course it is not my country but I see more bloodshed to come.

It *IS* censorship. The Egyptian government is trying to keep people from communicating. Internet access is down, SMS/text messaging is down, blackberry service was cut, and now cellphones have been cut off.

I wrote about it for my domaincensorship blog.

 

[Tia Wood]

It's crazy! Apparently it started as Facebook groups and then snowballed from there.

 

[Krossat]

crazy times!
its like banning all tele-communication including phones and mobiles. internet is just so prevalent now, it cant be ignored, certainly not by a whole nation.

 

[flippinguru]

the impressive thing was the cost of shutting the internet, it was in the millions

 

[DomainOutlaw]

A world without internet is not a world I want to live in.

 

[gazzip]

"This situation is a little different then censorship. It is a country that is trying to keep the population from overturning the government."

Exactly, and don't think it will never happen in places like UK, America or anywhere else for that matter.

Control the media, Control the masses

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[Domopyu]

How can you live without the Internet?)

 

[hostguts]

How can you live without the Internet?)

the same way when tsunami demolished internet lines and cell phone towers.

 

[pepbac]

It can happen anywhere and it has happened before in schools where students plot to do things against the management.
Egypt did it as a country and many will follow the tread.