Are Social Networks Inherently Democratizing? “Libya is not Egypt, it is not Tunisia.” It’s an observation recently made by many – no less in this quote than by Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan autocrat Moammar Gadhafi. Unlike Tunisia, there’s less national and more tribal identity in Libya. Unlike Egypt, there are no strong Libyan institutions […]
Egypt Comes Back Online
Posted February 2nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-4)
The Internet Fights Back Against a Blackout, and Wins Early reports Wednesday morning are that Egyptian ISPs have reversed course and are once again making Egypt visible to the Internet. The Renesys Corporation, which was the first to note and track Egypt’s erasing of the BGP maps into and out of the nation, is now […]
Erasing Egypt from the Net – Updated
Posted January 31st, 2011 at 4:47 pm (UTC-4)
And How Low-Tech is Being Enlisted in a High-Tech Battle UPDATE #1: Mobile Phone Service Returning: News organizations are reporting that mobile phone service is beginning to return in Cairo and some other cities. Earlier, mobile providers like Vodafone had been ordered by government officials to suspend service to the cities of Cairo, Suez and […]
