As anti-government protesters take over the streets in Egypt, the country’s government has reportedly cut off most Internet and cellphone service. Cairo has labeled its crackdowns on the protests as a response to restore public order. However, critics say Egypt’s cutting of communications is an attack on free speech. “I do not see how shutting off the entire mobile phone network and Internet does anything except prevent the Egyptian people from knowing what is going on and preventing them from acting together,” Milton Mueller, a Syracuse professor, told TechNewsWorld.
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Egyptian Government Executes Nationwide Internet Blockade
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 28, 2011 11:43 AMAs anti-government protesters take over the streets in Egypt, the country’s government has reportedly cut off most Internet and cellphone service. Cairo has labeled its crackdowns on the protests as a response to restore public order. However, critics say Egypt’s cutting of communications is an attack on free speech. “I do not see how shutting off the entire mobile phone network and Internet does anything except prevent the Egyptian people from knowing what is going on and preventing them from acting together,” Milton Mueller, a Syracuse professor, told TechNewsWorld.