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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Syria l Google and Twitter, Internet Censorship


Google and Twitter activated Friday in Syria, one program that allows Internet users to send tweets from voice messages with their mobile phones, thus avoiding cutting communication networks imposed  for two days in the country. The companies announced in this way that had reactivated the "tweet voice" , a program that had been implemented during the Egyptian revolution in 2011Google admitted, however, that many Syrians can not use this new service because communication networks have been badly damaged by the war"But those who have the opportunity to  access a telephone network  may useSpeak2Tweet leaving just a spoken message , "said David Torres , an engineer working at Google. "If the message is tweeted, you only have to leave messages on the following numbers : +90 212 339 1447 or +30 21 1 198 2716 or +39 06 62207294 or +1 650 419 4196 also, "he added. No internet connection is required and the message can be heard  by dialing these numbers or visiting twitter.com/speak2tweetThe communications were cut in Syria on Thursday at noon , and activists have accused the regime of preparing a "slaughter."  Authorities, meanwhile, explained this by saying that discontinuation due to  "maintenance"The United States accused the government of cutting off communication networks, while the organization Amnesty International believes that this "could announce the intention of the Syrian authorities to conceal the eyes of the world what is really happening in the country . "

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