[158940] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: btw, the itu imploded
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Barton)
Sun Dec 16 15:36:37 2012
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:36:22 -0800
From: Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>
To: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20121216203109.GA14566@x0.dk>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12/16/2012 12:31 PM, Phil Regnauld wrote:
> 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.
Or, "Freedom routes around brokenness." :)
