http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/egypt-isp-shutdown/
“Braving the same violent attacks by policemen against demonstrators, including physical assaults, rubber bullets, and tear gas, Al Jazeera journalists were on location, doing their jobs, and capturing the scene faced by the Egyptians to help carry their voices to our audience around the world,” Al Jazeera management said in an internal email to staffers today.
Readers have noticed too.
Al Jazeera’s website saw a 2500% increase in traffic Friday, with over 50% of that spike coming from the US alone, a company spokesperson said. The company’s servers crashed earlier today, but it has taken steps to beef them up.
Information wants to be free.
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