Opponents of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, in power for nearly 42 years, want to organize, Thursday, February 17, a "day of anger" in Libya. They run from Wednesday to protest calls, relayed on social networks, on the model of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. The Facebook group "Day of Wrath" are nearly 10,000 enrolled, while Facebook has around 300 000 Internet Libyans, according to the website dedicated Socialbakers.
On Monday, the group had only 4,400 members, reports the website of Al Jazeera. Messages are also relayed by users of the Twitter network. The response of the authorities deal with these communication tools remains unclear. Wednesday night, it was impossible to reach any witness in Benghazi, north-east, which took place on Tuesday the first clashes between police and anti-Gaddafi demonstrators.
Reuters talks about a "rupture apparent telephone links. Wednesday, SMS were sent by "young people of Libya," noted for its share of. SMS messages warn the person who "dare to touch the four red lines": Muammar Gaddafi, territorial integrity, Islam and the country's security. But the response from the Libyan authorities for the moment seems less radical than in Egypt.
After two days of occasional blocks of telecommunications services and social networks at the end of January, the Egyptian authorities had decided then to cut off Internet access throughout the country. FILTERING "SELECTIVE" THE NET Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the situation of the media and the Internet in particular is nonetheless "very serious" in Libya.
"If the independent news websites based abroad have long been available in the country, the authorities began in January 2010, to censor the Internet, blocking the website YouTube," says RSF. This deadlock has followed the online video demonstrations of prisoners' families in Benghazi. Already last year, a protest campaign was organized on Facebook, asking that the videos are back online.
Site Open Net Initiative (ONI), for its part says that in this country still largely connected to the fixed Internet (with a penetration rate of 5.5%) but very adept at mobile telephony, "Filtering Internet is selective, concentrated on a few websites of political opposition. " ONI also notes that the "self-censorship remains pervasive in the traditional and online media for fear of government reprisals." Internet cafes are also subject to special surveillance.
But the Libyans have access to opposition websites, run by bloggers in exile. "Customers Libyans also use proxies and regularly seek the expertise of other Arab countries to avoid filtering measures' analysis also ONI. 
On Monday, the group had only 4,400 members, reports the website of Al Jazeera. Messages are also relayed by users of the Twitter network. The response of the authorities deal with these communication tools remains unclear. Wednesday night, it was impossible to reach any witness in Benghazi, north-east, which took place on Tuesday the first clashes between police and anti-Gaddafi demonstrators.
Reuters talks about a "rupture apparent telephone links. Wednesday, SMS were sent by "young people of Libya," noted for its share of. SMS messages warn the person who "dare to touch the four red lines": Muammar Gaddafi, territorial integrity, Islam and the country's security. But the response from the Libyan authorities for the moment seems less radical than in Egypt.
After two days of occasional blocks of telecommunications services and social networks at the end of January, the Egyptian authorities had decided then to cut off Internet access throughout the country. FILTERING "SELECTIVE" THE NET Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the situation of the media and the Internet in particular is nonetheless "very serious" in Libya.
"If the independent news websites based abroad have long been available in the country, the authorities began in January 2010, to censor the Internet, blocking the website YouTube," says RSF. This deadlock has followed the online video demonstrations of prisoners' families in Benghazi. Already last year, a protest campaign was organized on Facebook, asking that the videos are back online.
Site Open Net Initiative (ONI), for its part says that in this country still largely connected to the fixed Internet (with a penetration rate of 5.5%) but very adept at mobile telephony, "Filtering Internet is selective, concentrated on a few websites of political opposition. " ONI also notes that the "self-censorship remains pervasive in the traditional and online media for fear of government reprisals." Internet cafes are also subject to special surveillance.
But the Libyans have access to opposition websites, run by bloggers in exile. "Customers Libyans also use proxies and regularly seek the expertise of other Arab countries to avoid filtering measures' analysis also ONI.
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