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Kazakhstan Disables the Internet , Telecomix Restores

Posted by timothy on from the for-make-benefit-glorious-nation dept.

bs0d3 writes "In the face of oil protests on their 20th independence day, Kazakhstan has blocked the internet and disabled cellphone towers in the city of Zhanaozen. As with previous internet blackouts, hactivist group telecomix is putting together free dial-up servers for people blacked out in this region."

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  1. Internet loss = BAD by GEEKS+RULE!! · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Whilst this is amusing I suppose it would not be funny for the people that lost their internet connection... I would just curl up and die without on-demand internet access!

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  2. Re:First Post by schnikies79 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It adds more to the conversation that using buzzwords like "hacktivist".

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