At the end of January, after Hosni Mubarak turned off the internet in Egypt with a half a dozen phone calls, I wrote a blog post which proposed Hosni’s Law. Hosni’s Law states that by the time an autocrat turns off the internet, it is too late for him.
I see this epsisode as an unintended but gargantum scientific experiment that had to come sooner or later. We are testing Hosni’s Law which states that once an autocrat attempts to turn off the internet, it is too late for him. If he falls, it will serve as caution to other autocrats. They will…