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Daily Archives: February 2, 2008

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How the Middle East lost its Internet

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Last Wednesday a ship’s anchor cut two undersea fiber-optic cables, crippling Internet access for 75 million people in the Middle East and South Asia. This wonderfully executed data graphic from TeleGeography.com shows how it happened (click the image for full size). UPDATE: The Egyptian government now says that no ships were present over the fiber-optic…

Afghanistan: Internet censorship backed by the death penalty

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An Afghan journalism student, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, has been sentenced to death by the U.S. ally for downloading and distributing information on women’s rights under Islam. He was tried by a religious court and, according to his family, without legal representation. British newspaper The Independent has the story, and is campaigning for his release: Sayed…

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