The Middle Eastern Nation Most Vulnerable to Internet Shutdown
It's not Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, or Syria. With a single Internet service provider, Qatar's Web access could go down with just one click. More »
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Jared Keller is a former associate editor for The Atlantic and The Atlantic Wire and has also written for Lapham's Quarterly's Deja Vu blog, National Journal's The Hotline, Boston's Weekly Dig, and Preservation magazine.
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