<div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01">http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(68, 68, 70); line-height: 20px; ">Egypt’s blockage was confirmed by Jillian York, a project coordinator at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society that oversees the Herdict service, who sent an email to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70P63120110126" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(235, 238, 245); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); display: inline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Reuters</a>.</span></div>

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Egypt’s blockage of Facebook today follows a similar move against Twitter yesterday, TechCrunch has <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/after-blocking-twitter-egypt-reportedly-starts-restricting-access-to-facebook/" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(235, 238, 245); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); display: inline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">reported</a>, as the microblogging site has also helped protesters organize themselves.</p>

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Will the Egyptian government’s efforts to block access to social media ultimately strengthen protesters’ resolve and possibly strengthen support for the demonstration outside of Egypt?</p></span></font><br>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>

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