[158939] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: btw, the itu imploded
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Regnauld)
Sun Dec 16 15:31:23 2012
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:31:09 +0100
From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org>
To: Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>
In-Reply-To: <50CE2D29.9030103@dougbarton.us>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:20:57PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>
> I'm certain that most of you have already noticed how cutting off the
> Internet is now on page 1 of every country's list of "Things to do when
> there is an uprising ..."
In Egypt, this may actually have led to the opposite of what the regime
in place expected. Not the best source, but to illustrate:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/01/egyptian-protestors-ditch-tech-use-word-of-mouth-to-mobilize/1
It was argued that because there was no access to the net, and no
other way to find out what was really going on, Egyptian citizens
got off their couches and down into the street, which in some
cases got some people to take sides and join the protests.
Case of damned if you do, and damned if you don't, as far as
censorship goes.
Phil
