Egypt Leaves the Internet

This is fucked up. The idea that the government can just shut down the internet in order to stop people from protesting and telling the world about all the injustices they’re being subjected to is just horrifying to me.

yourpalmal:

Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. … every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big four Egyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from the rest of the world.

Source: yourpalmal

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  1. baroquemirrors reblogged this from jon-snowx and added:
    Because attempting to silence their citizens on not only a national but an international level will be totally...
  2. madivivian reblogged this from cameronchristopher and added:
    this is actually extremely scary. i know we are all so miniscule compared to the bigger picture (aka government) but do...
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  6. im-full-of-bad-ideas reblogged this from nerdology and added:
    NOOOOOOOOOOOO..EGYPT…..  : C
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  9. halcyonhermit reblogged this from nerdology and added:
    Hey, that’s cool with me. Public gay hangings? PLEASE wipe yourself off the map.
  10. degoba reblogged this from nerdology
  11. theslyestfox reblogged this from yourpalmal and added:
    This is fucked up. The idea that...internet in order to stop people
  12. tcfusion reblogged this from nerdology and added:
    Things are getting pretty heavy down there!
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  17. thecodewordisottoman reblogged this from wilblak and added:
    This is terrifying.
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  23. jmlaurel reblogged this from eiramaxela and added:
    That effin’ sucks! Good thing I already been there and done that. No point in going back to Egypt when all that’s cool...
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  27. adrianxao reblogged this from nerdology and added:
    American businesses would collapse, I know my workplace would be SOL.