Uh oh: Syria Has Disappeared from the Internet

Nov 29, 2012 13:22

The research firm Renesys, which keeps track of the status and health of the technical underpinnings of the Internet around the world, just reported that at 10:26 UTC this morning - which, by my watch, would have been 5:26 am ET - effectively all of Syria’s international Internet connectivity shut downMore technically, what happened was that within ( Read more... )

syria, censorship, internet/net neutrality/piracy

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kitanabychoice November 29 2012, 21:37:43 UTC
Summed up in a word: scary.

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luminescnece November 29 2012, 21:41:20 UTC
D: Yes.

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caterfree10 November 30 2012, 00:15:42 UTC
Mm hm.

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flyghosh November 30 2012, 18:45:10 UTC
Yup. Very much so.

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cozmic_oceanz November 29 2012, 21:44:16 UTC
Eek..

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endlos_schleife November 29 2012, 21:57:27 UTC
this can't be good.

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tabaqui November 29 2012, 22:14:38 UTC
Oh, that does not bode well. Crap.

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cuterabbit33 November 29 2012, 22:37:33 UTC
This is terrible on its own, and it can only lead to worse things.

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