With objection in Egypt gettinguglier by the sidereal day , we now bang that the government has been forcing Vodafone to broadcast its customer politically - charged text message . One , interpret : “ The Armed Forces … will not resort to using force play against this great Carry Nation . ”
http://gawker.com/5750352/egypt-turns-violent/gallery/?skyline=true&s=i
To every mother - father - sister - brother , to every fair citizen preserve this country as the nation is evermore .
The second :
The Armed Forces cares for your safe and well being and will not fall back to using force against this great land .
Those messages came plainly from “ Vodafone . ” Another , sent to an AP newsman on Sunday , asked “ honest and loyal man to present the traitors and criminals and protect our people and award ” and was attributed to “ Egypt Lovers . ” That same reporter obviously received a message yesterday that advance him to attend pro - Mubarak rally in Cairo .
In anofficial argument on their website , Vodafone explain that it ’s lawfully obligate to follow with the government ’s requests , though it claims it has expressed its concerns about sending the content :
Under the exigency mightiness provisions of the Telecoms Act , the Egyptian authorities can instruct the mobile net of Mobinil , Etisalat and Vodafone to send messages to the people of Egypt . They have used this since the start of the protests . These messages are not script by any of the mobile mesh operators and we do not have the power to respond to the authorities on their content .
Vodafone Group has protested to the authorities that the current situation regarding these messages is unacceptable . We have made clear that all messages should be transparent and clearly attributable to the originator .
Even thoughEgypt is back online , it ’s clear that technology is still see as a vital resource for those on both side of the conflict . [ FlickrviaForbes , WaPo ]
https://gizmodo.com/welcome-back-online-egypt-5749689
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