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Egyptian Government to Censor Social Networks Avoid Protests Call

Internet blackout lights censorship in Egypt, clashes between police and protesters escalate, Twitter was one of the first victims, then followed Facebook, but when it canceled all of its Internet access , hacktivists for democracy in Egypt knew that their protests were having an effect, "The government canceled the internet to keep us from telling the world what is really happening here," , said Sheriff Gomaa, an employee who protested in the center Egyptian capital, the demonstrations demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak shows no signs of abating, people have died and hundreds injured since the protests began, on January 25, 2011, in called "Day of Rage" , these demonstrations against the government, taking place across the country, were inspired by the popular uprising that toppled the dictator in Tunisia Zine the Abidine Ben Ali are also the largest Mubarak has faced during his regime 30 years, over 1,200 protesters were arrested, according to Egyptian human rights organizations, national authorities denied having previously interfered with communications services.

Hacktivists say the government began to alter the Internet services on January 25 to prevent opponents using social networking to coordinate demonstrations against the regime and report on the clashes with the police, the alterations in the service grew in size and scope as the protests continued, the government (which controls all access to the Internet) blocked several private Egyptian newspaper sites known for criticizing the regime, Twitter, a popular communications tool for hacktivists young and Bambusa , a Swedish site transmission of live video, confirmed that their websites were blocked in Egypt since Tuesday, Facebook initially said he had not noticed any significant change in traffic from Egypt, but later confirmed that his service had also been blocked, a hacktivist said he had anticipated this censorship, and the Egyptians were using "proxies" to circumvent blocked Web sites, on the morning of Thursday, as protests continued in throughout the country, subscribers to digital services began reporting blackouts Internet.



Some web service providers continued to operate with very slow connections, but for the 23 hours (21 GMT) all network traffic was paralyzed, a technician of the supplier firms said the government had ordered disrupt service across the country, and did not announce when it would resume, is the first time that the Egyptian government cut all Internet traffic in response to social unrest, the time when the Internet was interrupted crucial hacktivists occurred when trying to broadcast the video of a brutal police action against protesters and coordinate plans for a protest around the country, several opposition groups including the banned Muslim Brotherhood, they intend to participate in the protests, declared hacktivists Mar. 25 the "Day of Wrath" through Facebook and Twitter using these social networks for support, more than 80,000 people joined the Facebook group saying they would participate in the protests.

Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, dismissed i
nicialmente the campaign Internet unenforceable, but the government seemed surprised by the tens of thousands of Egyptians who took to the streets despite the heavy police presence, "We have shown that online activism can become street action," Mohammad Abdel Moneim boasted one of the estimated 15,000 protesters gathered on 25 in the square Tahrir Cairo, "This started on Facebook, but then became something much bigger," he added, in the early hours of Friday, all cell phone service and satellite television were cut, but kept the phone line and fax communications, "What the regime faces is not the result of the Social Networking Revolution, but rather the results of their stupid corrupt policies of the past 30 years " , wrote the Egyptian blogger Zeinobia, hours later, his blog was silenced.

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