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How Egypt Pulled the Plug on the Internet - CBS Evening News - CBS News - 1 views

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Internet Government shutdown

shared by Lucas Jockisch on 01 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • born on Facebook and other social networking sites - which led the government to cut off Internet service.
  • The Internet blackout was a surprising move for a nation previously known for being open - compared to other countries in the Mideast.
  • unprecedented is we've never seen such a connected country like Egypt be disconnected
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  • The Egyptian government told their Internet service providers to shut down
  • Congress is considering a bill to expand the president's authority.
  • the president would have the power to declare a cyber emergency
  • Lucas Jockisch on 01 Feb 11
     
    Very interesting article about how the Egyptian Government pulled the plug. Also talks about legislation in the US Congress that would give the President authority to pull the plug on us.
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