First Egypt... Now Algeria

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/8320772/Algeria-shuts-down-internet-and-Facebook-as-protest-mounts.html

A couple of weeks ago, I posted the link about Egypt shutting down their own internet. Hopefully, everyone has become aware of all the protesting that led to Hosni Mubarak stepping down as Egypt's President. Well, the protesting hasn't stopped in that region of the world, as similar consequences were the result of thousands of Algerians protesting. As of yesterday, Algeria shut down it's own Internet and had all of its country's Facebook accounts deleted. Members of the government feared that the Internet (and apparently Facebook) posed enough of a problem: "The government doesn't want us forming crowds through the internet," said Rachid Salem, of Co-ordination for Democratic Change in Algeria.

So if countries where many have been living in poverty, like Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia, have been shutting down their internet, what does that say about the US? With more people having access to the Internet than almost anywhere else, would the US shut down the internet during a similar situation? What effect would it have on communications and the "global village"?