The internet has been restored to residents in Egypt after the government blocked access on Friday, January 28 amid anti-government protests.
The government blocked Twitter a day after the protests kicked off in downtown Cairo on Tuesday, January 25 – also the year anniversary of the newly created National Police Day. Then President Hosni Mubarak’s regime slowly began blocking other services with Facebook being banned on Thursday. RNN, an Arabic news service, alerted Egyptians that mobile phones would be turned off on Friday and shortly after sending that alert, Egypt suffered a country-wide internet block.
Residents began using old technology such as dial-up and fax services in order to get information out of the country. With Mubarak announcing plans that he will no longer stand in the upcoming September elections, protests have died down and internet services were officially restored on February 2.
However, there is still an air of uncertainty as to where Egypt will go next. Many protesters are still unsatisfied with Mubarak’s speech and say they will continue to call for his resignation. The economic impact has been brutal with food and petrol supplies running short over fears of a continuation of protests. Many companies have evacuated foreign employees and all work within the country has come to a standstill.
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