Saturday, February 19, 2011

Libya Follows Egypt?s Lead, Starts Shutting Off Internet Services

Both the BBC and the AFP are reporting that�Muammar Gaddafi's government in Libya has began to block user access to Facebook in the country's capital of Tripoli and are shutting down access to Internet connections in the rest of the country in response to anti-govermental protests. Twitter user�Ramy Raoof says that sources in Libya have confirmed the Facebook blocks, but that Twitter.com is not blocked and Internet access is not yet down. Al Jazeera is also reporting access to its sites being cut off as well as access to Facebook.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/jMLL-Hm_tpI/

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