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6 November 2009

On-line Social Networks in Syria

Written by Tal Pavel · Feature

Syria was among the last countries in the Middle East to introduce the Internet. On February 24, 1996, the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE) received permission from the prime minister’s office...

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21 September 2009

The Power of 140 Characters: Twitter in the Middle East

Written by Tal Pavel · Advocacy

The massive, sustained protests in Iran this past month against the regime’s apparent falsification of the presidential election results was enabled by widespread employment of new communication technologies. Among them...

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19 September 2009

Syria: Blogger Kareem Arbaji Sentenced to Three Years in prison

Written by Razan · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment

On September 13, 2009, the Syrian State Security Supreme Court sentenced the young blogger Kareem Arbaji to three-years prison for “publishing mendacious information liable to weaken the nation’s morale,” under...

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17 September 2009

Once again, Syria bans Facebook

Written by Tal Pavel · Advocacy, activism

Editor's Note: Facebook has been blocked in Syria consistently for the past two years; therefore, the statement that a ban will be “reintroduced” is incorrect. The linked article from ‘Al...

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21 April 2009

While White-listing Syria, Linkedin Keeps Sudan's Internet Users Blocked!

Written by alNaser · Feature

After Linkedin the business social Network, blocked Internet users in Syria and then unblocked them and apologized (as ArabCrunch has reported.) It was confirmed that Internet users in Sudan (an African Arab country) still cannot access Linkedin, who were blocked by Linkedin since several months ago.

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19 April 2009

LinkedIn Restores Services to Syrian Users

Written by Jillian York · Feature

Last week, Global Voices Advocacy broke the news that Syrian users had been cut off from LinkedIn's services. The business-oriented social networking site had stated in e-mails to several of its users that, "Under the User Agreement, LinkedIn Users warrant that they are not prohibited from receiving U.S. origin products, including services or software. As such, and as a matter of corporate policy, we do not allow member accounts or access to our site from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria."

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18 April 2009

Syria: Linkedin Kicks Off Syrian Users!

Written by alNaser · Advocacy

AnasOnline blog reports (Arabic link) that Linkedin (AC Group here) completely blocked all Syrian users. According to the blog post: 3 weeks ago when Linkedin blocked all Syrian IPs users , but they were able to access the site by using IP changing programs (such as Tor), but in the last days, Linkedin blocked all Syrian users even if they changed their IPs

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