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Internet Blackout in Myanmar Stalls Citizen Report

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the for-their-own-safety-of-course dept.

StonyandCher writes "The government in Myanmar has reportedly cut off Internet access in the troubled country. The loss of Internet access in Myanmar has slowed the tide of photos and videos shared with the rest of the world but people outside of the troubled country continue to use new media sites and other technologies to protest military activity in the Southeast Asia country."

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  1. Re:This, my friends.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    is why they said the revolution would not be televised.

  2. Re:Ah, well ... by Qubit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time to start using pigeons...I wonder what sort of compression...

    Now I'm no birdkeeper, but have you ever tried to gzip a pigeon before?
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  3. Re:Ah, well ... by Leftist+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    have you ever tried to gzip a pigeon before?

    Compressing a pigeon is not difficult (though a little messy), it's decompressing it that I can't quite figure out.

  4. Re:routing around censorship by Markspark · · Score: 2, Funny

    there's really no need to worry about that.. Burma is a very poor country, and has no oil, so i see no reason why Bush would want to "liberate" the Burmese people.

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    i find your lack of faith in science disturbing!
  5. Re:Why Is This Modded Up??!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly, the situation in Myanmar is all America's fault. If they hadn't invented the Internet, then it couldn't be cut off.