A Disturbance in the Force: Egypt Goes Offline

Startling images of an Internet gone cold in Egypt, this one courtesy of a report by Declan McCullagh at CNET.

Egypt: Cancelled Until Further Notice

At Buzzmachine, Jeff Jarvis quotes John Perry Barlow who declared in 1996:

“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.”

Egyptians have much more at stake than internet connectivity. But a free and open internet will be one thing – perhaps even the main thing – to say when they’ve got it, when it comes to pass.

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