Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests

comp_ali · Feb 19, 2011, 12:22 PM

Reports have emerged late Friday that Libya appears to have shut down its Internet due to widespread protests, less than a month after Egypt did the same.
The Los Angeles Times was among the first news outlets to report Libya's Internet outage, citing "multiple reports." TechCrunch also posted about Libya's Internet issues.
Libya first began shutting off social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and the news website of Al Jazeera before taking down entire Internet providers. Internet authority Renesys confirmed late Friday "Libya is off the Internet."
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source: The Hufffington post

BlueMak · Feb 19, 2011, 01:20 PM

I am very proud of the people in so many countries in the broader region are finally doing something to take back the control of their countries from families. I watched earlier some footage from Libya and Bahrain with people demanding more rights and even democracy. I don't care if in the short term there are issues (perhaps even anti West). In the long run a truly democratic Middle East is a good and peaceful Middle East. It's about time too that the people there finally got the message that if you want freedom, you have to fight for it. Europeans did it in the past, it's good to see them doing it even now.
I just hope the bloodshed is as minimum as possible.

Mr cairo · Feb 19, 2011, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

I am very proud of the people in so many countries in the broader region are finally doing something to take back the control of their countries

Going to happen here in the UK soon if things continue the way they are , my wallet is being squeezed a more each day since Libdem took over

blibbax · Feb 19, 2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr cairo

Going to happen here in the UK soon if things continue the way they are , my wallet is being squeezed a more each day since Libdem took over

I believe the phrase is Condem, but yes, they are prone to, er... unredistributive wallet squeezing. I hope that's a word.

I'd be surprised to see any kind of revolution though - if they get unpopular enough their own MPs will trigger a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons, in an effort to save their own seats.

xProg · Feb 20, 2011, 06:45 PM

On April 7, 2009 have been protests in my country, but nothing has changed, someone has staged these protests...

after police injures:

this is only one of 700+ men who had this kind of injuries
and many died...

**Mousey** · Feb 21, 2011, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr cairo

Going to happen here in the UK soon if things continue the way they are , my wallet is being squeezed a more each day since Libdem took over

The UK Government wouldn't dare shut off the entire nation's internet connections, Since they rely on them too much for snooping

And i agree entirely about the wallet *Dodges Bullet* squeezing, Petrol's nearly at £1.30 a litre here now

(It's just lucky my car gets about 57mpg

) And my cigarettes are getting increasingly expensive *Pew Pew* which really sucks considering my dependancy on nicotine is through the b

tard roof at the minute

blibbax · Feb 21, 2011, 02:29 AM

Pretty nasty in Bahrain also...

(Video contains disturbing footage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwnUQ...ipcontrinter=1

Mr cairo · Feb 21, 2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mousey

The UK Government wouldn't dare shut off the entire nation's internet connections,

Agreed i wasnt actually saying that i was commenting on the chance that the lesser paid in the UK (Who are in the majority) might get fed up of the way we are being stung and say "You know what enough"

Things were not great under Labor but Under Libdem i have seen a severe drop between what i get and what i have left after bills petrol and shopping ...

comp_ali · Feb 21, 2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by blibbax

Pretty nasty in Bahrain also...

(Video contains disturbing footage)

YouTube - Bahrain's army deliberately kills peaceful protesters with live rounds ( automatic weapon )

It is even worse in Libya . (Video: very disturbing)

**temeteus82** · Feb 21, 2011, 11:36 AM

Yeah things are going south in Libya. Our foreign minister Mr. Stubb is saying that EU should put economical sanctions against Libya and visa ban for Mr. Gaddaf.

IvanV · Feb 21, 2011, 03:11 PM

I don't get the attacks on foreign citizens in Libya. I've heard of an attack on workers of a South Korean construction company, as well as a camp where our (Serbian) citizens are (also mostly workers of construction companies, working in the scorching Libyan sun, making water supply systems and other infrastructure for Libya - nothing to be mad about really). I guess that no one is safe in that chaos, but still strange choice of targets for a progressive, democratic movement.

mkk · Feb 21, 2011, 03:30 PM

This regime will rather bleed and starve out the people than give up power. Mercenaries are carrying out drive-bies and other armed attacks. Anyone in Libya are in for hard times.

comp_ali · Feb 21, 2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by IvanV

I don't get the attacks on foreign citizens in Libya. I've heard of an attack on workers of a South Korean construction company, as well as a camp where our (Serbian) citizens are (also mostly workers of construction companies, working in the scorching Libyan sun, making water supply systems and other infrastructure for Libya - nothing to be mad about really). I guess that no one is safe in that chaos, but still strange choice of targets for a progressive, democratic movement.

it is hard to determine who is resposible for attacking forign companies, maybe even there are people who just want to rob and loot anything they could their hands onto like what happened here after police dissappeared magically. IMO those people can't be the same ones who bravely ask for their rights and protest peacefully.

IvanV · Feb 21, 2011, 07:55 PM

Well I suppose there is darnel in every wheat field, here in 2000. things went fairly well, but a few took the chance to loot the parliament when the mass hurled in. Fortunately for us, there was very little violence though, as the police and military refused to intervene, which was the cue for Milošević to admit defeat (one unfortunate man did lose his life when he fell out of the parliament window, but it was the tragic result of his euphoria, not an act of violence).

comp_ali · Feb 22, 2011, 04:44 AM

What has been found left in Ben Ali's palace in Tunis,

you have to wonder if that's what he left , How much he managed to get away with.

**MIG-31** · Feb 23, 2011, 10:17 PM

I hope it all goes well in the near future.

BBC News - Libya protests: Gaddafi battles to control west

BTW: Thread Moved to P & R Forum.

comp_ali · Feb 26, 2011, 09:39 PM

I am very worried actually thanks to stupid Qaddafi, I guess this won't end unless he got killed and his sons. I am also worried about posible military intervention by US using the excuse of protecting the people of Libya.

iPlayer · Feb 26, 2011, 09:44 PM

Greed knows no bounds.

Senor_Mota · Feb 27, 2011, 09:04 PM

You guys understand that a lot of this tyrannical behavior that influenced these revolutions was nothing short of encouraged by the U.S. Government, right? So by proxy, we're pretty much vulnerable to a revolutionary movement; yet, most Americans would be more upset if they lost their Sharper Image gift certificate.

Our time has come. You call down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind. Hopefully, most of us still have the physical and mental capability to stand up from our down-trodden, broken, and weak-willed dispositions to fight the menace of oligarchical dominance. BE READY TO STRAP BREAD TO EVERYTHING!

comp_ali · Feb 28, 2011, 12:53 PM

Yea , I think it is one of the factors of american worries that the new regimes will try to be more agressive towards them to prove to their people they aren't like the old ones which had a bit 'strong' relationship with U.S. Anyway, it is hard to determine where we things are heading even by us.
The middle east is very important for US because of many reasons actually, the most important one is the petrol and you have seen when Egypt experienced the unrest that could have stopped oil shipments through suez canal, oil prices went high. Again , this time with Libya which is a oil-rich country , oil extraction is nearly halted atm and the oil prices went high.The worst nightmare for the US now is the revolution-infection reach the gulf countries, not only because they are rich of oil but also rich of US bases as well.

BTW, clashes between protesters and the police in Oman started since yesterday. I've lived in Oman for three years and still can't imagine people there would revolt. I thought they were satisfied with their regime but you would never guess.

comp_ali · Mar 2, 2011, 12:10 PM

Ghaddafi is giving a speech now, blames Al Qaeda and bin laden for the unrest. wtf

IvanV · Mar 2, 2011, 12:31 PM

Not that I trust the man too much, he has been claiming that Al Qaeda is behind the unrests ever since the unrests started; also, Al Jazeera (not that they were the only ones) has been feeding inflammatory misinformation about the situation there from day one (so all of our citizens who were evacuated from Libya say).

comp_ali · Mar 2, 2011, 12:40 PM

Maybe, I don't know. Aljazeera was in some cases a bit exaggerating the situation here in Egypt as well.

Judas · Mar 2, 2011, 03:50 PM

i laugh whenever anyone anywhere in any position mentions osama bin laden .... he hasn't poked his head out in a video or for ANYTHING since the 90's attacks... there's been ZERO evidence since. FBI agree and CIA agree with that. It's a confirmed FACT... yet it's repeatedly spewed by lieing politicians and Media broadcasters and shit.

Senor_Mota · Mar 2, 2011, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comp_ali

Yea , I think it is one of the factors of american worries that the new regimes will try to be more agressive towards them to prove to their people they aren't like the old ones which had a bit 'strong' relationship with U.S. Anyway, it is hard to determine where we things are heading even by us.
The middle east is very important for US because of many reasons actually, the most important one is the petrol and you have seen when Egypt experienced the unrest that could have stopped oil shipments through suez canal, oil prices went high. Again , this time with Libya which is a oil-rich country , oil extraction is nearly halted atm and the oil prices went high.The worst nightmare for the US now is the revolution-infection reach the gulf countries, not only because they are rich of oil but also rich of US bases as well.

BTW, clashes between protesters and the police in Oman started since yesterday. I've lived in Oman for three years and still can't imagine people there would revolt. I thought they were satisfied with their regime but you would never guess.

Stay safe, man. Be with your family. Hopefully things don't get too crazy there for the innocent people and families.

I think the world's lost its head...

comp_ali · Mar 2, 2011, 07:28 PM

Yemen president apologized after he blamed US over the unrest in the mid east. Seriously, these guys are dumb enough to blame everything but their dictatorship or they are playing dump.

@ Senor Mota : what pisses me off and most people here as well that the police presence still very weak, there are thugs and robber who abuse these conditions and kidnap people and kids sometimes or even kill them. And since here unlike US people aren't allowed to carry weapons. it just don't feel safe at all.

IvanV · Mar 2, 2011, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by comp_ali

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BTW, clashes between protesters and the police in Oman started since yesterday. I've lived in Oman for three years and still can't imagine people there would revolt. I thought they were satisfied with their regime but you would never guess.

I just noticed this bit of text and it reminded me what people evacuated from Libya said, that less than a week before it all started nobody could see this coming. They said that there was some dissatisfaction in the people because a select few had usurped huge privileges for themselves, but generally people weren't unhappy and certainly didn't seem to be in a revolutionary mood.

Also, comparing the images I've seen from Libya with those from Egypt, Egyptians looked like people desperate for their freedom and when it was over, there were grown man crying tears of joy and relief, whereas in Libya the freedom fighters look more like out of control mobs and paramilitary groups.

Quote:

Originally Posted by comp_ali

... what pisses me off and most people here as well that the police presence still very weak, there are thugs and robber who abuse these conditions and kidnap people and kids sometimes or even kill them. And since here unlike US people aren't allowed to carry weapons. it just don't feel safe at all.

Take care, friend, I hope it will be over soon.

Tyrsonswood · Mar 2, 2011, 07:36 PM

People can't carry weapons everywhere in the US.... there's a lot of places they can't, but criminals still do.

comp_ali · Mar 2, 2011, 08:53 PM

Thanks for clarifying.

Senor_Mota · Mar 3, 2011, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comp_ali

Yemen president apologized after he blamed US over the unrest in the mid east. Seriously, these guys are dumb enough to blame everything but their dictatorship or they are playing dump.

@ Senor Mota : what pisses me off and most people here as well that the police presence still very weak, there are thugs and robber who abuse these conditions and kidnap people and kids sometimes or even kill them. And since here unlike US people aren't allowed to carry weapons. it just don't feel safe at all.

It still doesn't change my sentiment. Be safe.

I'll mail you a gun if need be...

Feb 19, 2011, 12:22 PM	#1
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Reports have emerged late Friday that Libya appears to have shut down its Internet due to widespread protests, less than a month after Egypt did the same. The Los Angeles Times was among the first news outlets to report Libya's Internet outage, citing "multiple reports." TechCrunch also posted about Libya's Internet issues. Libya first began shutting off social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and the news website of Al Jazeera before taking down entire Internet providers. Internet authority Renesys confirmed late Friday "Libya is off the Internet." ________ source: The Hufffington post __________________

Feb 19, 2011, 01:20 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests I am very proud of the people in so many countries in the broader region are finally doing something to take back the control of their countries from families. I watched earlier some footage from Libya and Bahrain with people demanding more rights and even democracy. I don't care if in the short term there are issues (perhaps even anti West). In the long run a truly democratic Middle East is a good and peaceful Middle East. It's about time too that the people there finally got the message that if you want freedom, you have to fight for it. Europeans did it in the past, it's good to see them doing it even now. I just hope the bloodshed is as minimum as possible. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 20, 2011, 06:45 PM	#5
xProg Beatmaker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Moldova, Chisinau Posts: 301 Rep Power: 31 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests On April 7, 2009 have been protests in my country, but nothing has changed, someone has staged these protests... after police injures: this is only one of 700+ men who had this kind of injuries and many died... __________________ ¿ pɐǝɥ pǝuǝʞɹɐǝɥ ɥʇıʍ pɹıq ɐ ǝʞıl ƃuıʞool noʎ ǝɹɐ ʇɐɥM

Feb 21, 2011, 02:29 AM	#7
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,262 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Pretty nasty in Bahrain also... (Video contains disturbing footage) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwnUQ...ipcontrinter=1 __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Feb 21, 2011, 03:11 PM	#11
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests I don't get the attacks on foreign citizens in Libya. I've heard of an attack on workers of a South Korean construction company, as well as a camp where our (Serbian) citizens are (also mostly workers of construction companies, working in the scorching Libyan sun, making water supply systems and other infrastructure for Libya - nothing to be mad about really). I guess that no one is safe in that chaos, but still strange choice of targets for a progressive, democratic movement. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Feb 21, 2011, 03:30 PM	#12
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests This regime will rather bleed and starve out the people than give up power. Mercenaries are carrying out drive-bies and other armed attacks. Anyone in Libya are in for hard times.

Feb 21, 2011, 07:55 PM	#14
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Well I suppose there is darnel in every wheat field, here in 2000. things went fairly well, but a few took the chance to loot the parliament when the mass hurled in. Fortunately for us, there was very little violence though, as the police and military refused to intervene, which was the cue for Milošević to admit defeat (one unfortunate man did lose his life when he fell out of the parliament window, but it was the tragic result of his euphoria, not an act of violence). __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Feb 22, 2011, 04:44 AM	Thread Starter #15
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests What has been found left in Ben Ali's palace in Tunis, you have to wonder if that's what he left , How much he managed to get away with. __________________

Feb 23, 2011, 10:17 PM	#16
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests I hope it all goes well in the near future. BBC News - Libya protests: Gaddafi battles to control west BTW: Thread Moved to P & R Forum. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Feb 26, 2011, 09:39 PM	Thread Starter #17
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests I am very worried actually thanks to stupid Qaddafi, I guess this won't end unless he got killed and his sons. I am also worried about posible military intervention by US using the excuse of protecting the people of Libya. __________________

Feb 26, 2011, 09:44 PM	#18
iPlayer Filled with noobsauce Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: between the buns Posts: 1,450 Rep Power: 59	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Greed knows no bounds. __________________

Feb 27, 2011, 09:04 PM	#19
Senor_Mota 悪魔の方法 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ee-duh-ow Posts: 2,384 Rep Power: 99 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests You guys understand that a lot of this tyrannical behavior that influenced these revolutions was nothing short of encouraged by the U.S. Government, right? So by proxy, we're pretty much vulnerable to a revolutionary movement; yet, most Americans would be more upset if they lost their Sharper Image gift certificate. Our time has come. You call down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind. Hopefully, most of us still have the physical and mental capability to stand up from our down-trodden, broken, and weak-willed dispositions to fight the menace of oligarchical dominance. BE READY TO STRAP BREAD TO EVERYTHING! __________________

Feb 28, 2011, 12:53 PM	Thread Starter #20
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Yea , I think it is one of the factors of american worries that the new regimes will try to be more agressive towards them to prove to their people they aren't like the old ones which had a bit 'strong' relationship with U.S. Anyway, it is hard to determine where we things are heading even by us. The middle east is very important for US because of many reasons actually, the most important one is the petrol and you have seen when Egypt experienced the unrest that could have stopped oil shipments through suez canal, oil prices went high. Again , this time with Libya which is a oil-rich country , oil extraction is nearly halted atm and the oil prices went high.The worst nightmare for the US now is the revolution-infection reach the gulf countries, not only because they are rich of oil but also rich of US bases as well. BTW, clashes between protesters and the police in Oman started since yesterday. I've lived in Oman for three years and still can't imagine people there would revolt. I thought they were satisfied with their regime but you would never guess. __________________ Last edited by comp_ali; Feb 28, 2011 at 12:58 PM.

Mar 2, 2011, 12:10 PM	Thread Starter #21
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Ghaddafi is giving a speech now, blames Al Qaeda and bin laden for the unrest. wtf __________________

Mar 2, 2011, 12:31 PM	#22
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Not that I trust the man too much, he has been claiming that Al Qaeda is behind the unrests ever since the unrests started; also, Al Jazeera (not that they were the only ones) has been feeding inflammatory misinformation about the situation there from day one (so all of our citizens who were evacuated from Libya say). __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Mar 2, 2011, 12:40 PM	Thread Starter #23
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Maybe, I don't know. Aljazeera was in some cases a bit exaggerating the situation here in Egypt as well. __________________

Mar 2, 2011, 07:28 PM	Thread Starter #26
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Yemen president apologized after he blamed US over the unrest in the mid east. Seriously, these guys are dumb enough to blame everything but their dictatorship or they are playing dump. @ Senor Mota : what pisses me off and most people here as well that the police presence still very weak, there are thugs and robber who abuse these conditions and kidnap people and kids sometimes or even kill them. And since here unlike US people aren't allowed to carry weapons. it just don't feel safe at all. __________________

Mar 2, 2011, 08:53 PM	Thread Starter #29
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Libya Internet Shut Down Amid Protests Thanks for clarifying. __________________