SaveTheInternet.com | Egypt's Internet Crackdown

29.1.11

SaveTheInternet.com | Egypt's Internet Crackdown: "In Egypt this week, the Mubarak regime shut down Internet and cell phone communications before launching a violent crackdown against political protesters. Now, Free Press has discovered that an American company — Boeing-owned Narus of Sunnyvale, CA — has sold Egypt 'Deep Packet Inspection' (DPI) equipment that can be used to help the regime track, target and crush political dissent over the Internet and mobile phones.

The power to control the Internet and the resulting harm to democracy are so disturbing that the threshold for using DPI must be very high. That’s why, before DPI becomes more widely used around the world and at home, the U.S. government must establish clear and legitimate criteria for preventing the use of such surveillance and control technology.

Free Press is calling for Congress to investigate the use and sale of DPI technology by American companies. Add your name to our letter now."