Tunisia: Internet Censors Move Into Top Gear in Response to Widespread Unrest

press release

Reporters Without Borders condemns the reinforcement of online censorship amid a wave of protests and rioting in Tunisia that began two weeks when a young man set himself on fire outside a police station in the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid.

"Online social networks have played a key role in transmitting news and information about the situation in Sidi Bouzid and other regions while the government-controlled traditional media have mostly ignored the story," Reporters Without Borders said. "The international media took some time to get interested in the subject but then found themselves barred from the sensitive areas.

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