Comments on: Egypt: Great Firewall of China Coming Soon http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/06/05/egypt-great-firewall-of-china-coming-soon/ Defending Free Speech Online Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:38:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Internet censorship plans in Egypt :: June :: 2008 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/06/05/egypt-great-firewall-of-china-coming-soon/#comment-9899 Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Internet censorship plans in Egypt :: June :: 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:48:43 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=342#comment-9899 [...] The Egyptian government, which has governed for 25 years under emergency law and doesn’t allow more than five people to gather unregistered, hit back hard, jailing young dissidents and torturing Ahmad Maher, a young activist who tried, unsuccessfully, to organise a second demonstration in early May. Despite these setbacks, the “Facebook movement” in Egypt is significant for several reasons. First, it challenges the perception that there is no prospect for independent, secular opposition in the country. The majority of Egyptians are under 30 and have known no ruler other than Mubarak. They have not seen real political parties because the government has long restricted opposition parties and free media. The Facebook movement engaged large numbers of youth for the first time. See also here. [...] [...] The Egyptian government, which has governed for 25 years under emergency law and doesn’t allow more than five people to gather unregistered, hit back hard, jailing young dissidents and torturing Ahmad Maher, a young activist who tried, unsuccessfully, to organise a second demonstration in early May. Despite these setbacks, the “Facebook movement” in Egypt is significant for several reasons. First, it challenges the perception that there is no prospect for independent, secular opposition in the country. The majority of Egyptians are under 30 and have known no ruler other than Mubarak. They have not seen real political parties because the government has long restricted opposition parties and free media. The Facebook movement engaged large numbers of youth for the first time. See also here. [...]

]]> By: Internet Freedom http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/06/05/egypt-great-firewall-of-china-coming-soon/#comment-9867 Internet Freedom Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:04:07 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=342#comment-9867 Forgot to mention - there an article on CircleID on the issue of online censorship and where (if at all) the policy issue should be discussed. http://www.circleid.com/posts/censorship_threat_dns_stability_security/ Forgot to mention – there an article on CircleID on the issue of online censorship and where (if at all) the policy issue should be discussed.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/censorship_threat_dns_stability_security/

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