Any confirmation of internet blocking? http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849 As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country. They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet providers in the country. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:01:12PM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote:
Any confirmation of internet blocking?
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849
As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country. They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet providers in the country.
At least some websites, though not all of them, that are linked off <http://www.erepublic.org/egovincountriesa/algeria.html> seem to be working OK. I grant they're all government, but they're up and serving requests. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:05 PM, mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:01:12PM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote:
Any confirmation of internet blocking?
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849
As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country. They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet providers in the country.
At least some websites, though not all of them, that are linked off <http://www.erepublic.org/egovincountriesa/algeria.html> seem to be working OK. I grant they're all government, but they're up and serving requests.
Looks up to us, with the exception of a few websites. Routes stable, inbound traceroutes unremarkable, lots and lots of DZ-hosted content available. http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/02/watching-algeria.shtml best, --jim
Thanks, I wonder if the fb messing is filtering or a repeat of the Tunisian password stealing gambit? I guess time will tell. I know fb implemented countrywide https as a workaround in that case. j On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jim Cowie <cowie@renesys.com> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:05 PM, mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:01:12PM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote:
Any confirmation of internet blocking?
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849
As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country. They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet providers in the country.
At least some websites, though not all of them, that are linked off <http://www.erepublic.org/egovincountriesa/algeria.html> seem to be working OK. I grant they're all government, but they're up and serving requests.
Looks up to us, with the exception of a few websites. Routes stable, inbound traceroutes unremarkable, lots and lots of DZ-hosted content available.
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/02/watching-algeria.shtml
best, --jim
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On Feb 12, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Jim Cowie wrote:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:05 PM, mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:01:12PM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote:
Any confirmation of internet blocking?
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849
As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country. They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet providers in the country.
At least some websites, though not all of them, that are linked off <http://www.erepublic.org/egovincountriesa/algeria.html> seem to be working OK. I grant they're all government, but they're up and serving requests.
Looks up to us, with the exception of a few websites. Routes stable, inbound traceroutes unremarkable, lots and lots of DZ-hosted content available.
I have received several reports of Twitter and Facebook outages in Algeria, but not general Internet blockage. The Telegraph has this report <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/8320772/Algeria-shuts-down-internet-and-Facebook-as-protest-mounts.html> or http://bit.ly/f97OmX which talks vaguely of Internet outages. On the other side of both the coin and the world, there is this http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/bloggers-celebrate-cuba-unblocks-their-s... "Bloggers celebrate as Cuba unblocks their site" Maybe this is connected to the new fiber optic cable to Venezuela, it seems to have caught everyone by surprise. Regards Marshall
best, --jim
On Feb 12, 2011, at 9:26 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Maybe this is connected to the new fiber optic cable to Venezuela, it seems to have caught everyone by surprise.
I believe the cable was landed, but not actually lit yet. That's set for later this year based on what I recall from that cable landing. - Jared (looking forward for the day there are 10Gs lit to Cuba)
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
Any confirmation of internet blocking?
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849
As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around midday in the country. They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet providers in the country.
I've had no reports, apart from unreliable third-hand sources (and only one in Arabic). Most of them seeming to be just echoing a very vague report in the UK's Daily Telegraph. Also I'm sceptical of the combination of "Internet shut down" and "Facebook pages deleted" in all of these reports. Those are two very different acts and, while if you are worried about such things (Egypt did the former, Tunisia did the latter), they aren't part of the some giant lever that a government pulls. I suspect people are just jittery in Algiers today. d.
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