Twitter confirmed Tuesday evening that its
microblogging site has been shuttered by Egyptian authorities. This came
hours after widespread reports that access had been cut off, as
Egyptians took to the streets in what many hope and some fear would be a
sequel to the revolution in Tunisia last week. The day’s speculation
that the Mubarak administration might have pulled the plug on Twitter
underscored the power of the site and other social networks as tools to
both coordinate and disperse news of a citizen uprising.
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Amid Street Protests, Twitter Shuttered in Egypt
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Amid Street Protests, Twitter Shuttered in Egypt
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