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[coyotegoth]

Apparently, the Internet has gone dark in Egypt.

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[arethinn]

'Cause that worked so well for suppressing goings-on in Iran. The bits I saw on CNN this morning while I was waiting at the dealer for car service showed a Twitter feed simply blurring past. Apparently people are effecting creative workarounds, as you might expect, such as providing number and password for a dialup account in France (!) and telephoning on land lines to dictate tweets to people who can reach the internet.

[arcanetrivia]

http://lifehacker.com/5746046/how-to-foil-a-nationwide-internet-shutdown

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Hey, have you two met? :P

[arcanetrivia]

Nah, I don't think we'd get along.