Sentence examples for shut off internet from inspiring English sources

Protesters have sought to use social media like Facebook and Twitter to muster momentum for attendance at demonstrations, even as the Egyptian authorities have shut off Internet access.

It imposes harsh new criminal penalties for copyright infringement, and it requires Internet service providers to adopt a "three strikes" policy that would shut off Internet access to average Americans that Hollywood studios deem to be infringers.

Some standouts from the draft include a clause that allows the government to mandate service providers shut off internet access in the event of "major social security incidents".

You'll recall that the Egyptian government completely shut off Internet access on January 27 kinda hard to tweet #egypt when there's no Internet to be found.

You'll recall that the Egyptian government completely shut off Internet access in its dying days a few weeks ago, a move that drew wide condemnation.

In Libya, the Muammar Gaddafi regime thrust its people into a digital dungeon in the first week of March, shutting off Internet access to prevent Libyans from organizing themselves and broadcasting Gaddafi's crimes for the world to see.

While few Internet users were shut off completely, the closing put great strain on the other Internet networks in Europe, causing many delays.

The government has been exercising control over communications, shutting off both Internet and phone services.

According to the Associated Press, more than 41,000 Malaysians have also downloaded FireChat — the messaging app that was integral to Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests last year and which enables users to communicate without internet connectivity — in anticipation that the government might shut off the internet.

And by Aug. 21 the Internet access firms serving the 20 sick PCs, including those of Time Warner Cable and Sprint, shut off their Internet links.

In turn, the Russians have criticized what they see as American "hegemony" over the Internet and privately express concerns that the United States has retained a "red button" — the power to shut off the Internet for specific countries.