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Middle East Internet Scorecard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we're-keeping-score dept.

sturgeon writes "With the escalating violence and frequent reports of phone and Internet blockages across the Middle East and North Africa, it's getting hard to keep track of what is happening where. Arbor released a new report and graphic scorecard of Internet censorship in the region."

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  1. Was getting worried for a second... by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    Phew, that's a relief!
    At first I was thinking things were getting worse in the Middle East but then realized the graphs weren't written right to left.

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    Trolling is a art,
    1. Re:Was getting worried for a second... by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And if they elect religious figures to parliament and establish a religious democracy?

      Tunisia and Egypt have had their revolutions, it's up to them to decide on the government they want, if they want fundamentalists representing them, thats their right.

      Same for the United States if the voters of a state elect a fundamentalist or an atheist.

  2. the "score" by khallow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ugh, this just like the "convention wisdom" garbage that Newsweek used to do (maybe they still do, I don't know). Getting an up, down, or left/right arrow ("") is a pathetic way to assign a "score". And why does Algeria get a "" instead of an up arrow for maintaining its internet connection with the absence of any filtering?

    It's like having a murder index where you only get up arrows when you stop killing people. If you already don't kill people and never will kill them, you just keep getting "".

  3. Information Wants To Be Free by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Information wants to be free, but more importantly people want to be alive. Shooting peaceful protesters seems like a much worse offense than trying to shut down the intertubes.

    1. Re:Information Wants To Be Free by elrous0 · · Score: 3

      Individually, perhaps not. But get them together and tell them that their jobs depend solely on ratings and see what happens.

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  4. Crappy information design by ashidosan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The green graphs are the traffic over the previous three weeks, yet turn yellow for single-day traffic anomalies somewhere in the previous three weeks? The X axis is labeled with only one set of dates.

    I guess we're supposed to look at these and go "yup, the problem is here, where this line appears to not be part of the same pattern as the others."

    This scorecard thing is terrible. I can only be thankful for the many paragraphs which state exactly the same thing, only clearer.

  5. Re:All hail our new Caliphate overlords by Beelzebud · · Score: 3, Informative

    You need to watch less Glenn Beck.