Google / AFP, 7 May 2013
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Syrian
activists upload pictures and news of unrest to opposition websites
in the town
of Atareb on April 26, 2012 (AFP/File, D. Leal Olivas)
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WASHINGTON
— Syria was cut off from the Internet on Tuesday, according to US tech firms
monitoring Web traffic and the State Department.
The reasons
were not immediately clear, but a similar blackout happened last November.
"Syria
is currently experiencing an internet blackout as of this afternoon," a
State Department tweet said.
Umbrella
Security Labs reported a "significant drop in traffic from Syria"
starting around 1845 GMT.
"On
closer inspection it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the
Internet," said Umbrella's Dan Hubbard.
A similar
picture came from Google through its Transparency Report on Web traffic and Web
monitoring firms Akamai and Renesys.
According
to activists, sudden communication cuts may occur before major military
offensives.
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