"Egyptians brace for Friday protests as internet, messaging disrupted"

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/27/egypt.protests/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Hours ahead of what are expected to be massive displays of anti-government ferment across the world's most populous Arab nation, the internet went dark in parts of Egypt early Friday, and text messaging appeared to be blocked....

According to multiple web services that check whether servers used by specific sites are active, the servers of Egypt's main internet provider were down early Friday.

The servers for the Egyptian government's sites and for the U.S. Embassy in Cairo also appeared to be down.

"We are closely monitoring the situation and are aware that communication services, including social media, are being blocked," U.S. State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley said Thursday. "We continue to urge Egyptian authorities to show restraint and allow peaceful protests to occur."
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"allow peaceful protests to occur." Note the operative words.

THIS is why the United States Congress must not pass a bill allowing any president to have what is termed a "kill switch."