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FOX FOCUS: Egypt, Internet Kill Switch
Updated: Wednesday, 13 Apr 2011, 4:19 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 01 Feb 2011, 11:26 PM EST
By: MYFOXATLANTA STAFF/myfoxatlanta
ATLANTA - On Tuesday, it had five days since the Egyptian government ordered the plug be pulled on internet service. The word of massive protests to oust unpopular governments, first in Tunisia and then in Egypt, was spread not by posters or meetings or word of mouth, but by the internet, email, Twitter, cell phones and instant messaging.
After seeing how quickly the situation unraveled in Tunisia, the Egyptian government cut off cell and internet service.
Some were able to get around the cutoff, with help from a global internet site, including a Facebook page followed by 270,000 people, called Alliance for Youth Movements.
Google established a call-in line on which Egyptians could leave a voicemail that could be turned into messages distributed by Twitter.
Dr. Nick Feamster, a computer science professor from Georgia Tech, stopped by the FOX 5 Studios Tuesday about the role of the internet in the changing political world and whether it's safe from government intrusion.
Dr. Feamster said one of the things they're studying at Georgia Tech is the freedom of information in countries around the world and the extent to which governments like China's can censor content on popular sites such as Facebook, without blocking them entirely.
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