Egyptian Government Closed Down the Internet
January 28, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Labels: Egypt , Internet , Internet shut down , Issues , News , People Power
Labels: Egypt , Internet , Internet shut down , Issues , News , People Power
In Egypt, people are clamoring for government to bring the down the prices of basic commodities like food. The Egyptians are protesting in the streets of Egyptian cities and the protesters are gaining their number via the Internet, specifically through social networking sites like Facebook.
Is answering the people's demands the answer of the Egyptian government? No. The Egyptian government decided to shut down the Internet in their country in the hope that people will calm down and the number of protesters will stop growing.
As the year progresses, governments around the world are seeing the power of the Internet, especially social media sites like Twitter and Facebook in mustering people to action. It is the Internet crowd that is the noisiest of US President Obama supporters and their noise helped him to win the White House. Also, Facebook and Twitter became instrumental in the 2010 Presidential Election and helped Noynoy Aquino win the Malacanang. Blogs, Facebook and Twitter were used to construct and destroy images of presidential candidates.
The power of the Internet is reaching the developing countries around the world and the events in Egypt shows that the Internet can be used by the people to empower themselves against their corrupt governments. The answer of authocratic and corrupt government against this new found power of the people? "Total shut down of the Internet."
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Thanks Technorati for informing me about this event.
Before the internet surfaced all ugly things were swept under the carpet easily and news were not easily spread worldwide by word of mouth. With internet messages get across the globe in split seconds by word of mouse. That is why Egypt govt wanna clamped down on the mighty mouse.
Yeah! They are afraid of the Internet that is why they chose to close it.
that's the proof of how powerful the Internet is... buti na lang wala ako sa Egypt because i just can't live without internet
@Blue:
Correct. However, there is a breaking news. The Egyptian president just stepped down.
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Well, that is the prerogative of the Egyptian government. We can do nothing about it. Thank you anyway for posting.
I think by doing that, people in Egypt will be at peace. Internet if not properly used will make us miserable.
Well, that is the prerogative of the Egypt's government. That is their country.
Well, we can do nothing about it. Maybe internet is a threat to the Government.
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The rise of internet brought to us lots of advantages. It helped our work became easier and made information at hand. But it also has its negative effects. The decision of Egyptian government to fully close the internet is also a great move.
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