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Reports: Libya Follows Egypt's Lead, Starts Shutting Off Internet Services
TechCrunch
Both the BBC and Yahoo News are reporting that Muammar Gaddafi's government
in Libya has begun to block user access Facebook in the country's capital
of Tripoli and is sporadically shutting down electricity access and access
to Internet connections in ...
<http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/18/reports-libya-follows-egypts-lead-starts-shutting-off-internet-services/>
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Smart Dictators Don't Quash the Internet
Wall Street Journal
China, Russia and Iran know better By EVGENY MOROZOV The tragic death of
Khaled Said—the 28-year-old who in June 2010 was dragged from an Internet
cafe in Alexandria and beaten by the Egyptian police—was the event that
galvanized young Egyptians, ...
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Internet use disrupted in Bahrain as protests turn bloody
Register
Internet traffic in and out of Bahrain showed a marked decline that
coincided almost precisely with this week's start of citizen protests
demanding government reforms in the small Persian Gulf country. Internet
backbone traffic measured by ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/18/bahrain_internet_disruption/>
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Even more than Mideast, China keeps firm grip on Internet
MiamiHerald.com
By TOM LASSETER BEIJING -- As Arab governments from Bahrain to Yemen and
the clerical rulers in Iran alike wrestle with how to get a grip on the
Internet's role in spreading unrest, the Communist Party in Beijing has
steadily applied one of the world's ...
<http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/18/2074090/even-more-than-mideast-china-keeps.html>
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Controversial cybersecurity bill is reintroduced
USA Today
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY The greatly debated, and misunderstood, bill that
would give the president sweeping powers to shut off portions of the
Internet under cyber-attack has been reintroduced in the Senate. The
Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act ...
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US criticises China over Internet
Straits Times
WASHINGTON - THE United States on Friday chided China for apparently
blocking online access to remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in
which she defended Internet freedom around the world. US officials said
China appeared to be preventing web ...
<http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_636680.html>
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U.S. Households: 90% Broadband Access, With A Goal Of 98%
Hot Hardware
Recently, President Barack Obama said that his goal was to eventually
provide access to broadband Internet to 98% of America. He doesn't have too
far to go based on numbers alone, but getting from 90% to 98% will probably
prove tougher than anyone can ...
<http://hothardware.com/News/US-Households-90-Broadband-Access-With-A-Goal-Of-98>
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House Passes Amendment to Hamstring FCC Internet Rules
Channel Partners
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed an amendment to an annual
spending bill that prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from
using funds to implement controversial Internet rules the agency adopted in
December but have not yet gone ...
<http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/news/2011/02/house-passes-amendment-to-hamstring-fcc-internet.aspx>
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