Listen to Voicemails from the the Egyptian Protesters

On Monday night, the last operational internet service provider in Egypt, Noor Group, shut down, leaving the millions of democracy protesters without access to social networks, ATMs, or easy access to the outside world. But they are still getting their message out.

We reported on one dial-up internet provider offering free service to Egyptians. Now there's a new way for Egyptians to use the still working phone lines to tell their story on the internet. A Google subsidiary, SayNow, has hacked some of their tech to offer a service that tweets out audio files of voicemails left by Egyptians and automatically hashtags them #egypt.

Anyone can leave a voicemail with the service, that will then be posted on Twitter. Spread the word. Call one of these international phone numbers +16504194196, +390662207294, or +97316199855.

SayNow instantly tweets the message using the hashtag of the country you're calling from. Yesterday the service also added the more activist hashtag #jan25, but that has since stopped. Maybe Google realized just providing the service is a pretty bold move that might rustle some autocratic feathers in Egypt and elsewhere the search giant does business.

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