Syrian internet is off, government "killswitch" suspected

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This morning, Syria dropped off the face of the planet -- at least digitally.

Internet analytics and networking company Rensys noticed early today that all 84 of Syria's internet protocol (IP) address groups are unreachable. That essentially removes the country from the internet, as traffic cannot be routed to, from, or through those blocks.

Syria is, of course, in the middle of a bloody civil war which is being fought online -- and in the media -- as much as in the streets and cities.

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Pray for syria. Those that do evil, do their deeds in the darkness. Syria is now in the dark...

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