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December 9, 2012 08:56 pm PST
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Why dictators (don't) shut down the Internet
Warren Ellis's Vice column, "How to Shut Down Internets," looks at the phenomenon of Middle Eastern dictators shutting off their nation's Internet during moments of extremis. Here's the money graf: There are two reasons why these shutdowns happen in this manner. The first is that these governments wish to black out activities like, say, indiscriminate [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/pnBZPs0XJ1A/why-dictators-dont-shut-do.html
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