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­.s. ­nderwrites Internet Detour Around Censors


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Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Volunteers have built a wireless Internet around Jalalabad, Afghanistan, from off-the-shelf electronics and ordinary materials.

Keith Berkoben / Fab Folk

The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy "shadow" Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks.

From The New York Times
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