Category Archives: Egypt

Tor Project Wins Award for Role in Middle East Revolutions

Posted on April 2, 2011 by admin

The Tor Project has been recognized by the Free Software Foundation for its role in the protests and revolutions around North Africa and the Mid… Continue reading →

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BlackBerry Service Restored in Cairo? [UPDATED]

Posted on January 29, 2011 by admin

BlackBerrys are working again in Cairo according to NBC News, after two days of disconnection by the Egyptian government. In a live report last night (2:29 a.m. Cairo time) NBC correspondent Richard Engel held his BlackBerry up to the camera and said that service had been restored. Update: ABC News reporter Lara Setrakian tweeted 8 […] Continue reading →

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The Twitterverse Responds to Protests in Egypt [STATS]

Posted on January 28, 2011 by admin

The 662 people I follow on Twitter have been talking about little else besides the protests in Cairo Friday, which continue to escalate in intensity and violence. They are not alone. According to data pulled from real-time analytics tool Trendrr, 245,000 tweets containing “Egypt” were sent between midnight and 1:30 p.m. today, January 28. Thirty […] Continue reading →

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Visualizing Egypt’s Internet Blackout [GRAPHIC]

Posted on January 28, 2011 by admin

A scientist at the network security company Arbor Networks has used data from 80 Internet service providers around the world to create an image of the Internet block in Egypt. The graphic, which was compiled using anonymous traffic engineering statistics, shows traffic to and from Egypt dropping sharply around 5:20 p.m. ET. As of about […] Continue reading →

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Leaders React to Communication Blackout at World Economic Forum in Davos [VIDEO]

Posted on January 28, 2011 by admin

As protests in Egypt continued to intensify and get more violent, leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum addressed the protests and communication shutdown in the country. Speaking to reporters at the Forum, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Egypt’s authorities for the Internet takedown, warning that “freedom of expression should be […] Continue reading →

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