Egypt: Tweet for Freedom
Martin J. Young, Asia Times | February 7, 2010
Despite Mubarak's internet blackout, Google has teamed up with Twitter to offer a service which allows Egyptians to have their voices heard offline. ++ Google's "digital lifebuoy" does not need Internet access to function; users call a dedicated number and leave a voice mail, which is then translated and automatically displayed on Twitter. ++ Restricting internet access is now considered to be more than just an inconvenience: The Obama administration has chastised the regime for "restricting basic human rights" in doing so.
