http://io9.com/5746338/could-a-us-government-crackdown-take-america-off-the-internet
Around Thursday of last week, the entire internet within the boundaries of Egypt was cut off. This isn't as easy as one might thing to accomplish, as thousands of routers had to be restarted and had their memories wipe, but was maintained for things like stock exchange. This was all done with the apparent goal of ending the 30-year-rule of President Hosni Mubarak (I don't really know how this accomplishes that). Annalee Newitz, the author of the article, brings up the interesting question regarding this situation happening to the United States: is it even possible and what would the long-term effects be?
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