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EU welcomes pledge by Egypt for 'open' Internet
Europe's Digital Agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes on Monday welcomed a pledge by Egypt to maintain an 'open' Internet that would not be subject to government shut downs, as was the case during the 2011 uprising.
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Internet traffic in Libya goes dark amid upheaval
Internet services in Libya, already spotty throughout the country's violent upheaval, appeared completely halted in an attempt to stifle information about the insurrection.
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Egypt court fines Mubarak for Internet, phone disruptions
Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been ordered to pay US $90 million together with his two ex-ministers for "damaging the economy" by enforcing a shutdown of telephone and Internet connections during the country's popular uprising.It is the first court ruling to be made against Mubarak since he was ousted on February 11 but he faces more s...
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Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...
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EU welcomes pledge by Egypt for 'open' Internet
Europe's Digital Agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes on Monday welcomed a pledge by Egypt to maintain an 'open' Internet that would not be subject to government shut downs, as was the case during the 2011 uprising.
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Internet traffic in Libya goes dark amid upheaval
Internet services in Libya, already spotty throughout the country's violent upheaval, appeared completely halted in an attempt to stifle information about the insurrection.
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Egypt court fines Mubarak for Internet, phone disruptions
Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been ordered to pay US $90 million together with his two ex-ministers for "damaging the economy" by enforcing a shutdown of telephone and Internet connections during the country's popular uprising.It is the first court ruling to be made against Mubarak since he was ousted on February 11 but he faces more s...
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Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...
