Could a Syria-style Internet blackout happen in the US?
The ongoing Internet blackout in Syria this week, like the one that occurred in Egypt early in 2011, prompts curiosity as to whether such an event could happen in one's own country. Here's one measure that gives a rough idea of how difficult it would ...www.nbcnews.com
USA Internet Blackout Unlikely, Experts Say
Could the U.S. government ever replicate this effect deliberately? Could an Internet blackout -- like the one that began Thursday in Syria -- happen in the United States? Not likely, says Renesys, which on Friday published an infographic titled "Could ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Government Cuts Internet Access Across Syria
Nuland said that despite the blackout, opposition groups should be able to communicate with the outside world thanks to U.S.-provided communication kits that allow contact through outside proxys. U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford said in a ...www.voanews.com
Syrian Internet Still Down, Experts Say Regime Is Behind The Blackout
But a report by CloudFlare, a Web security company based in the U.S., confirms what many outside observers have already assumed: It is more than likely that Syrian government officials instigated the blackout. It is an allegation that has ... it to the ...www.ibtimes.com
Internet Blackout in Syria as Airport Shuts Down
"In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet," American networking company Renesys wrote on its blog after Thursday's blackout. Graphs illustrating Syria's ...www.kmbz.com
Internet, phone services back online for much of Syria
Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare, said his firm's investigations showed that all four Internet cables linking Syria to the outside world would have had to been cut simultaneously for a whole country outage to occur. The blackout forced fighters to ...www.cnn.com
Total blackout: Syria goes offline nationwide
... blackout is unprecedented. US-based network security firm Renesys registered Syria disappearing from the internet at 12:26pm local time (10:26 GMT). ... Syrian state TV denied the blackout was nationwide. It said the outage was cause by a ... Phone ...rt.com
Blackout in Damascus: Syria's Winter of Discontent
"Things will be happening over the next few days in Damascus that will cause huge massacres on both sides," said Ammar al-Wawi, a rebel spokesman and commander.www.thedailybeast.com
Internet service goes out across Syria
Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout, which comes amid intense fighting in the capital, Damascus.bismarcktribune.com
Syria 'cut off' from internet, US blames Bashar al-Assad
Renesys chief technology officer James Cowie said: "Looking closely at the continuing internet blackout in Syria, we can see that trace routes into Syria are failing, exactly as one would expect for a major outage." Cowie said in a blog posting that ...www.theaustralian.com.au
Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria
Two US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide. Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout, which comes amid intense fighting in the capital, Damascus.www.kitsapsun.com
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US ambassador warns of 'shocking' Russia's telecom treaty proposals: The proposals Russia submitted for a global telecommunications treaty being negotiated next week could allow governments to review content flowing over Internet networks and open the ...thehill.com
Google and Twitter intervene in Syrian blackout
... to the blackout. "As we discovered in Egypt, where the dictator [Hosni] Mubarak did something similar - this is not damage that can be easily or quickly repaired," it said in a statement, referring to an internet outage during the early days of the ...www.abc.net.au
Syrian airport battle calms; Internet shut down
The unprecedented blackout, confirmed by U.S. Internet firms, comes amid intense fighting in the capital. Rebel forces launched an attack on ... "If we can take out his air power, we will capture Damascus within 24 hours because the people are with us ...www.usatoday.com
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... hospital where he is being treated for a lingering cough related to bronchitis. Former U.S. President George H.W.www.knoe.com
Fears mount as Syrian blackout enters third day
"As we discovered in Egypt, where the dictator [Hosni] Mubarak did something similar - this is not damage that can be easily or quickly repaired," it said, referring to an Internet outage during the early days of the 2011 uprising in Egypt. French ...www.dailystar.com.lb
Syria disappears from the Internet, Google responds again with Speak2Tweet
Over the past few years, Middle Eastern governments have taken to cutting off Internet access during times of conflict, leaving citizens without a way to tell those of us outside the region what's happening. During the Arab Spring of last year, a ...www.digitaltrends.com
As rebels appear to gain ground, Internet shuts down in Syria
It's not the first time the Web has been blocked in the war-torn country, but the move toward the airport could be highly significant, said retired U.S. Army Gen. Mark Kimmitt, who worked as assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs ...www.cnn.com
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Entries received after the end of the Sweepstakes Period will be deemed void. Normal time, toll, connection and usage rates, if any, charged by your Internet service provider will apply. All entries become the property of the Sponsor. By entering any ...www.bobvila.com
In Syria: Battle Rages Outside Damascus Airport, Internet Goes Down
Very quickly. It really does look like a switch being thrown if you look at the data." This was unlike anything that's happened previously in Syria, he added. "The government has turned off the Internet in specific cities, for specific operations [in ...www.npr.org
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