#Internet #Blocked You'd think #Egypt and #Libya's experience would have taught rulers something

Mari Thomas  -  11:28 AM  -  Public

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Here we go again. You'd think Egypt and Libya's experience would have taught rulers something, but nooo! In the event, it looks like rather than cutting off the Internet itself, the Iranian government is blocking off specific Web sites and services.

Iran cuts off Internet access

Regime turns out the lights in advance of reported demonstrations planned for the weekend. Read this blog post by Charles Cooper on Politics, Policy, and Technology.

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Bob Lai  -  Note that we have folks like Joe 'Internet Kill Switch' Lieberman thinking along the same lines in America.

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Michael Schobel

Michael Schobel  -  11:27 AM  -  Public

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WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2011 - "It stands for Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, for all that happened in the Arab Spring," said juror Koyo Kouoh. "But it shows a private, intimate side of what went on, and it shows the role that women played, not only as caregivers, but as active people in the movement."

The photo was taken Oct. 15 in a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, that was being used as field hospital...

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Arab Spring shot wins World Press Photo award

Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award on Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.

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