Syria Shuts Down The Internet

2012 November 29
by Michael Berkens

According to Renesys, a Web-monitoring service,  Syria has shut down the Internet

The “Syrian Internet Is Off The Air,” Renesys announced.

The Associated Press is also says that a second web-monitoring company is also reporting a complete shutdown.

This on a day a conference was held on internet governance and with the ITU meeting next month in Dubai with countries wanting to take control of the naming system from ICANN and putting it under the control of the UN

 

 

4 Responses leave one →
  1. 2012 November 29

    It is “shUt”. Or ship, it depends on how you see it.
    That kind of makes my syriaforum.com domain a joke.

  2. 2012 November 29

    I meant “Or shit”. :)

  3. 2012 November 29

    Oh well, there goes all my adult traffic! ;-)

  4. 2012 November 29

    The shit has hit the fan now!

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