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1 | Egypt: An Internet Black Hole | Ejipta: Fahatakonan'ny aterineto |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011. | Ampahany amin'ny fandrakofana manokan'ireo Fanoherana Ejypta 2011 ity lahatsoratra ity. |
3 | Over the past few days, as protesting Egyptians have utilized social media tools for organizing and disseminating information, they've also come across numerous obstacles to access: On January 25, Twitter was reportedly blocked, with Facebook following the next day. | Nandritra ireo andro vitsy lasa, satria nampiasa ireo fitaovan'ny media sosialy ireo Ejyptiana mba hikarakaran'izy ireo sy hanapariahany vaovao, nisy ihany koa ireo sakantsakana maro nianjady taminy: Ny 25 Janoary, voatatitra fa voasakana ny Twitter, narahin'ny Facebook ny andro manaraka. |
4 | By the 27th, access to both sites was sporadic. | Ny 27, dia nitsitaitaika ny fahafahana miditra amin'ireo vohikala rehetra. |
5 | At around 1:00 am in Cairo on Friday, January 28-a day of planned protests-reports began to trickle in that the Internet had become inaccessible to Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria. | Teo amin'ny manodidina tamin'ny 1 ora maraina tany Kairo ny Zoma, 28 Janoary-andron'ireo fihetsiketsehana efa voaomana hatao-nanomboka niditra ireo tatitra fa hoe nanjary tsy afaka nidiran'ireo Ejyptiana tany Kairo sy Alexandria ny aterineto. |
6 | A few minutes later, @iman_said tweeted: | Minitra vitsy taorian'izay, nitoraka tweet i @iman_said: |
7 | yes, CNN confirms internet is down in ALL of Egypt. | Eny, manamarina ny CNN fa tapaka ny aterineto manerana an'i Ejypta. |
8 | Egypt now is total blackhole #jan25 #egypt #SHAME | Takona tanteraka i Ejypta amin'izao #jan25 #egypt #SHAME |
9 | Shortly thereafter, Alaa Abd El Fattah (@alaa), an Egyptian based in South Africa, warned: | Fotoana fohy avy eo, nampitandrina i Alaa Abd El Fattah (@alaa), Ejyptiana mipetraka any Afrika Atsimo: |
10 | we should be prepared for total mobile phone blackout tomorrow also (or at least in protest hotspots) #Jan25 | Tokony hivonona amin'ny fahatapahan'ny finday eraky ny tanĂ na ihany koa isika rahampitso (na fara-faharatsiny eo amin'ny faritry ny fihetsiketsehana) #Jan25 |
11 | Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror), an American who has been reporting instances of Internet filtering in Egypt, confirmed the almost-complete block, saying: | Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror), Amerikanina nitatitra fanivanana aterineto tany Ejypta, nanamafy ny fisakanana saiky manontolo, ka miteny: |
12 | It sure looks like nearly all of Egypt is offline - only their SS7 network seems to be working. | Toa azo lazaina fa i Ejipta manontolo mihitsy no tsy misy fifandraisana - toy ny tambajotra SS7 azy ireo ihany no mandeha. |
13 | #jan25 #egypt | #jan25 #egypt |
14 | Those working to contact friends and family in Egypt expressed frustration and concern over Twitter. | Ireo izay nikezaka niantso namana sy fianakaviana tany Ejypta dia naneho ny fisavoritahan-tsainy sy ny ahiahiny tao amin'ny Twitter. |
15 | @alaa explained: | @alaa dia manazava: |
16 | cell phones still working in egypt that's how I'm staying in touch, but service spotty in areas | mbola mandeha ny finday aty ejypta, izany no mbola mahatafajanona ahy eto, saingy tsy tomombana ireo serasera any amin'ny faritra sasany |
17 | The view from the U.S. is somewhat encouraging; in an interesting twist, Alec Ross (@alecjross), Senior Adviser for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, tweeted in Arabic: | Ny fijery avy any Etazonia kosa dia toa mamporisika; fihetsika mahaliana, Alec Ross (@alecjross), Mpanolotsaina Voalohany amin'ny Fanavaozana ny Mpitantsoratry ny Fanjakana Hillary Clinton, dia nitoraka tweet tamin'ny teny Arabo: |
18 | We call upon the Egyptian authorities to allow peaceful protests, and call on them to refrain from interfering with means of social communication. | Miantso ireo manam-pahefana Ejiptiana izahay mba hamela ny fihetsiketsehana am-pilaminana, ary miantso azy ireo mba hifehy tena ka tsy hitsabatsabaka hanelingelina ny fitaovan-tserasera sosialy. |
19 | Despite the block, it appears that a few remaining Egyptians are still tweeting in hopes of getting news out to the world. | Na dia eo aza ny sakana, dia hita fa misy ireo Ejyptiana sasany afaka mitoraka tweet ao anatin'ny fanantenana hanome vaovao ny any ivelan'ny firenena. |
20 | In light of the blackout, Global Voices will attempt to report from phone calls and other communications over the course of the next few days. | Ivelan'ity fahatapahana ity, hiezaka hitatitra avy amin'ny antso an-telefaona sy fifaneraserana hafa ny Global Voices mandritra ireo andro vitsy ho avy. |