Two articles on CNN explain why the Egyptian "kill switch" has actually failed This one shows that the protests continue to grow without Internet access: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/01/31/egypt.internet/index.html?hpt=T1 This one shows that the use of social media was critical leading up to the shutdown and by then it was too late: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/27/egypt.protests.social.media/index... Like I said previously, this extreme action is an admission a government has lost control. However, this may occur again in the near future especially if Egypt's government steps down(as seems to be the case) in some neighboring countries. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Evan Leibovitch" <evan@telly.org> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 8:04 PM To: "NARALO Discussion List" <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: The Internet Society on Egypt’s Internet shutdown
I ask interested folks here to read these two items:
The Internet Society Q&A and position statement http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3100
A blog entry from ICANN's CEO http://blog.icann.org/2011/01/status-report-on-the-dns-in-egypt/
I have some ideas on possible action based on these, but I'd like to sleep on it first.
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