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Washington (AFP) Jan 26, 2011 Facebook said Wednesday following reports it had been blocked in Egypt that it had not seen any major changes in traffic from the country rocked by anti-government unrest. "We are aware of reports of disruption to service but have not seen any major changes in traffic from Egypt," a Facebook spokesman said in an email. The Facebook spokesman also referred AFP to Herdict.org, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University that monitors Web traffic. Jillian York, a project coordinator at Herdict.org, said earlier Wednesday that "Egyptians confirmed a Facebook block this morning." The Herdict.org website listed nine reports of Facebook.com being inaccessible in Egypt, where thousands of demonstrators inspired by Tunisia's popular uprising have staged protests against President Hosni Mubarak. Twitter confirmed late Tuesday that its website had been blocked in Egypt and condemned the move. "We believe that the open exchange of information and views benefits societies and helps governments connect with their people," Twitter said in a message at @twitterglobalPR. Twitter and Facebook were among Internet social networking services reportedly being used by protesters to share information and coordinate activities in the campaign against Mubarak. Swedish live video streaming site Bambuser said Wednesday that its service had been blocked in Egypt since Tuesday. Police and protesters clashed in Cairo and other parts of Egypt on Wednesday in a second day of rallies to demand the ouster of Mubarak, who has ruled over the country for 30 years.
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Twitter blocked in Egypt amid unrestSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 25, 2011 Twitter confirmed late Tuesday that its website was blocked in Egypt, in an apparent move to thwart protesters using the social network in a campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak. The US-based microblogging service that allows people to use mobile phones and computers to broadcast short text messages was out of service in Egypt, according to the herdict.org tracking website. Twitter s ... read more |
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