Egyptian Internet News: January 30, 2011
January 30, 2011 » NewsNo Comment
- Use a dial-up modem to connect to an international number or use Noor ISP (which has 8% of the market share) :
Without Internet, Egyptians find new ways to get online {ComputerWorld} - The fewer ISPs within a country, the easier it is to silence them all. Of course national legislation to do so helps:
Egypt Internet Shutdown Underscores Vulnerability {InformationWeek} - The Chinese government controls how information pertaining to Egypt is displayed:
China Microblogs Block Chinese Word for ‘Egypt’ {PC World} - All about Tor, the program that allows for anonymous web surfing, and has been used in both Tunisia and Egypt:
Foreign activists stay covered online {Boston Globe} - Al Jazeera has made Skype recordings from the Egyptian public available on Audioboo, and then promotes them through Facebook:
Al Jazeera uses social media to avoid Egypt curbs {zawya.com}
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