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Those things that got out were amplified all over the world. that is, in a way, a lesson to every country in the world. what we have been seeing in egypt in recent days has similarities. you have protests that have taken off. theres a lot different between egypt and iran. but you have protests on the streets, and you did have, all of a sunday, disappearance in a lot of ways of the ability to use the internet, and thats where this chart comes in that we can zoom in quickly. i want to talk to you ...

That is, in a way, a lesson to every country in the world. what we have been seeing in egypt in recent days has similarities. you have protests that have taken off. a lot is different between egypt and iran. you have protests on the streets and you did have, all of the sudden a disappearance of the ability to use the internet. thats where this chart comes in that we can zoom in on. we have this up right now at cnn.com in our technology section. it shows internet activity in egypt each day and wh...

Some things still manage to squeak out. those things that got out were amplified all over the world. that is in a way a lesson to every country in the world and what we have been seeing in egypt in recent days has some similarities. you have all these protests that have taken off. a lot thats different between egypt and iran. you have these protests on the street. you did have all of the sudden disappearance in a lot of ways of the ability to use the internet. thats where this chart comes in. i ...

E-mail, twitter, facebook, its all a struggle to use if youre in or trying to communicate with anyone in egypt. demonstrators believe its a deliberate problem, a government tactic to gain some control of the dissent. cnns josh levs has more on the impact that technology has been making on government rebellion. >> what id like to do for you now is pull back a little bit, stare at the globe and just think about how technology has changed everything and how technology has changed what it is to have...

All internet and social media, but some things still managed to squeak out. and those things that got out were amplified all over the world. that is in a way a lesson to every country in the world. what we have been seeing in egypt in recent days has some similarities. you know, you have all these protests that have taken off. theres a lot thats different between egypt and iran. but you have these protests on the streets and you did have all of a sudden a disappearance in a lot of ways of the ab...

Government tried to shut down -- basically, there was a blackout. but some things still got out. those trickles of information that got out made a different in how the world understood iran. governments recognized what was happening there. in the middle of a revolt, little bits of information getting out. i want to show you a chart behind me right now. lets zoom way in. this is internet activity in egypt, right. look at what happened. in general its like this. all of a sudden on january 25th, bo...

How has this actually worked. weve seen it in tunisia, where it worked successfully, didnt work so well in iran so here in egypt whats been happening. >> it depends on the results youre looking for. if youre looking for people trying to get information out, get their pictures and video out, get basic information out, you do find that they manage to do it and some people would say, hey, they managed to succeed even inside iran. clearly big picture is you can see there are times the government has...

Legitimate request under egyptian law. the new information comes to us just the morning after president obama said this. >> i call upon the egyptian governments stand on the internet and social networks and cell phone that connect people in the 21st century. >> protesters were using cell phones and text messaging and social networking sites to talk to each other and coordinate demonstrations for days which is why the government pulled the plug and egypt had 65.5 million mobile phone users in oct...

Service returned but most mod earn internet technology is unavailable. look at the chart. all internet activity in the country came to screeching halt. then they are relying on outdated means to get the word out. like dial-up modems and land line and satellite phones. with these things that the egyptians are uploading their personal picture of the protest like this before the sunset in cairo. hundreds of protesters overwhelming the tank in the street. there is another photo we found. were expect...

Regulating students, they ought to stop. theres been a recent series of cases in the third circuit, our federal judicial appellate district dealing with internet activity of students, where they post things about this administrators. and the way the third circuit has ruled on that under the first amendment, if it has no affect on school safety and discipline, its an infringement on the first amendment. >> matthew an interesting debate. well see how it shakes out in court. thank you for joining m...