Following days of street protests demanding an end to autocratic rule by President Hosni Mubarak, a country of more than 80 million people has found itself almost entirely disconnected from the rest of the world. Here's how the story has unfolded:
This still from a CBS News video shows protesters out on the streets of Cairo on the fourth day of demonstrations against the Egyptian government.
(Credit: Screenshot by Jonathan Skillings/CNET)Egypt's Internet disconnect reaches 24 hours It was a full day ago that Egypt's network links to the rest of the world began to die, and a televised address from the country's president indicates that no end is in sight.(Posted in Privacy Inc. by Declan McCullagh) January 28, 2011 2:43 p.m. PT
Getting news out of an unplugged Egypt Al Jazeera streams Egypt protests while people turn to old-fashioned landlines and faxes to get information in and out of the country. (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills) January 28, 2011 11:04 a.m. PT
Egypt's Internet goes dark during political unrest In a stunning turn of events for the 21st-century Internet, a nation of more than 80 million people finds itself almost entirely disconnected from the rest of the world.(Posted in Privacy Inc. by Declan McCullagh) January 28, 2011 10:50 a.m. PT
Internet disruptions hit Egypt It's unclear how widespread the service disruptions are and what is causing them.(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills) January 27, 2011 5:06 p.m. PT
Facebook: Egypt hasn't blocked us yet The social network says traffic from the North African country, where activist protests have led to a crackdown on access to social media, has not experienced any "major changes."(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy) January 26, 2011 10:56 a.m. PT
There's no such thing as 'social media revolution' Or to put it another way: If activists using Twitter go on to topple a government, the real story should be that the government got toppled, not that the revolution was tweeted.(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy) January 26, 2011 4:00 a.m. PT
Why Twitter is mum on Egypt block The company doesn't want to comment on persistent reports that Twitter.com is inaccessible amid anti-government protests.Perhaps it's still in the dark about what's happening.(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy) January 25, 2011 11:33 a.m. PT
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