[Chapter-delegates] Egypt blocking Facebook & Twitter

[Kabani]

Dear All,

ISOC Pakistan would like to share that how in similar case, how we and Civil
Society played the role to restore the facebook and twitter in court case in
Pakistan.


Best Regards


Asif Kabani

On 27 January 2011 02:53, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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> http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01
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> <http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01>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 Reuters<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70P63120110126>
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> Egypt’s blockage of Facebook today follows a similar move against Twitter
> yesterday, TechCrunch has reported<http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/after-blocking-twitter-egypt-reportedly-starts-restricting-access-to-facebook/>,
> as the microblogging site has also helped protesters organize themselves.
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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?
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